Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of the ventral tegmental area are involved in mediating morphine-state-dependent learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Rezayof, Ameneh ^a   Darbandi, Niloufar ^a   Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^b,c,d  

^a University of Rehabilitation Sciences   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^d INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE STUDIES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mecamylamine; Memory; Morphine; Nicotine; Passive avoidance; Rat

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTSHOCK; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; RECALL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WISTAR RAT;

AMNESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 44649087646     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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