Effects of reversible inactivation of the ventral tegmental area on the acquisition and expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 466-471

  Moaddab, Mahsa ^a,b   Haghparast, Abbas ^a   Hassanpour Ezatti, Majid ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Lidocaine; Locomotor activity; Morphine; Reversible inactivation; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 59849091989     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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