Cocaine facilitates craving via an action on sensory processing

Bioscience Hypotheses

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Overton, Paul G ^a   Devonshire, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attention; Conditioning; Cue induced craving; Psychostimulants

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48349100020     PISSN: 17562392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bihy.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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