Intracranial self-administration of MDMA into the ventral striatum of the rat: Differential roles of the nucleus accumbens shell, core, and olfactory tubercle

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-270

  Shin, Rick ^a   Qin, Mei ^a   Liu, Zhong Hua ^a   Ikemoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core; D1 receptors; D2 receptors; Dopamine; Ecstasy; Intracranial self administration; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement; Reward; Shell

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; RACLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SELF INJECTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 43049129630     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1131-x     Document Type: Article

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