Acupuncture attenuates cocaine-induced expression of behavioral sensitization in rats: Possible involvement of the dopaminergic system in the ventral tegmental area

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Lee, Bombi ^a   Han, Seung Moo ^a   Shim, Insop ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cocaine; Locomotor activity; Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH); Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 56949085973     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.089     Document Type: Article

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