Time-dependent change of ERK phosphorylation levels in the nucleus accumbens during withdrawals from repeated cocaine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Kim, Seungwoo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Craving; ERK; Nucleus accumbens; p38; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42049107728     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.068     Document Type: Article

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