Nucleus accumbens core acetylcholine is preferentially activated during acquisition of drug- vs food-reinforced behavior

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3213-3220

  Crespo, Jose A ^a   Stöckl, Petra ^a   Zorn, Katja ^a   Saria, Alois ^a   Zernig, Gerald ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dependence; Dopamine; Food; Nicotine; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; REMIFENTANIL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ABUSE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MORPHINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIPERIDINES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 57349084096     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.48     Document Type: Article

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