A role for mu opioid receptors in cocaine-induced activity, sensitization, and reward in the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Schroeder, Joseph A ^a   Hummel, Michele ^a   Simpson, Alpha D ^a   Sheikh, Rizwan ^a   Soderman, Avery R ^a   Unterwald, Ellen M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; CTAP; Endorphin; Enkephalin; Opioids; Psychostimulant; Rat; Reward

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ENDORPHIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSITIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REWARD;

EID: 35748935214     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0883-z     Document Type: Article

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