Development and persistence of long-lasting behavioral sensitization to cocaine in female mice: Role of the nNOS gene

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 709-715

  Balda, Mara A ^a   Anderson, Karen L ^a   Itzhak, Yossef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral sensitization; Cocaine; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NNOS GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58749098210     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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