Context-specific sensitization of cocaine-induced locomotor activity and associated neuronal ensembles in rat nucleus accumbens

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-212

  Mattson, Brandi J ^a   Koya, Eisuke ^a   Simmons, Danielle E ^a   Mitchell, Timothy B ^a   Berkow, Alexander ^a   Crombag, Hans S ^a   Hope, Bruce T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Conditioning; Context; FosB; Plasticity; Striatum

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PROTEIN C FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 37749036468     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05984.x     Document Type: Article

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