Conditioned cues and the expression of stimulant sensitization in animals and humans

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Vezina, Paul ^a   Leyton, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned inhibition; Conditioning; Dopamine; Drug addiction; Drug self administration; Excitatory Pavlovian conditioning; Facilitation; Occasion setters; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; HUMANS;

EID: 58049157229     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.06.070     Document Type: Review

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