N-Acetylcysteine Reduces Extinction Responding and Induces Enduring Reductions in Cue- and Heroin-Induced Drug-Seeking

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Zhou, Wenhua ^a,b   Kalivas, Peter W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ningbo Addiction Research and Treatment Center   (China)

Author keywords

Addiction; extinction; heroin; N acetylcysteine; reinstatement; self administration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG REEXPOSURE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; MALE; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37849026004     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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