Accumbens dopamine-acetylcholine balance in approach and avoidance

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-627

  Hoebel, Bartley G ^a   Avena, Nicole M ^a   Rada, Pedro ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPHETAMINE; ARECOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FENFLURAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICOTINE; OPIATE; OXOTREMORINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENTERMINE; PIRENZEPINE; SUGAR;

ADDICTION; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOTIVATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SATIETY; TASTE AVERSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; EATING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SATIETY RESPONSE; SELF STIMULATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TASTE;

EID: 36549044319     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2007.10.014     Document Type: Review

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