Injection of CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) peptide into the nucleus accumbens reduces cocaine self-administration in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-271

  Jaworski, Jason N ^a   Hansen, Stephen T ^a   Kuhar, Michael J ^b   Mark, Gregory P ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine; Drug abuse; Feeding; Mesolimbic system

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEEDING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 44149128364     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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