Inactivation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex mimics re-emergence of heroin seeking caused by heroin reconditioning

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 444, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-55

  Ovari, Jelena ^a   Leri, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extinction; GABA agonists; Heroin; Place conditioning; Reacquisition; Reconditioning; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAMORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCIMOL; NARCOTICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 50849091275     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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