Alpha-synuclein in the nucleus accumbens induces changes in cocaine behaviour in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2764-2776

  Boyer, Frederic ^a   Dreyer, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drugs of abuse; In vivo gene transfer; Lentivirus; Plasticity; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; COCAINE; DOXYCYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOXYCYCLINE; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; LOCOMOTION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 36149000595     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05878.x     Document Type: Article

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