NMDA receptors in the rat VTA: A critical site for social stress to intensify cocaine taking

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-216

  Covington III, Herbert E ^a,d   Tropea, Thomas F ^a,c   Rajadhyaksha, Anjali M ^c   Kosofsky, Barry E ^c   Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge; Cocaine; Glutamate; NMDA AMPA; Progressive ratio schedule; Self administration; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 40949156782     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-1024-4     Document Type: Article

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