The rewarding properties of MDMA are presented in mice lacking μ-opioid receptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 853-858

  Robledo, Patricia ^a,b   Mendizabal, Victoria ^a   Ortuño, Jordi ^b   De La Torre, Rafael ^b   Kieffer, Brigitte L ^c   Maldonado, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Dopamine; Ecstasy; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; WILD TYPE;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIALYSIS; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REWARD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3843052624     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03532.x     Document Type: Article

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