The effects of medial prefrontal cortex infusions of cocaine in a runway model of drug self-administration: Evidence of reinforcing but not anxiogenic actions

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 605, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Guzman, Daniel ^a   Moscarello, Justin M ^a   Ettenberg, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug reward; Intracranial self administration; Operant behavior; Opponent process; Runway

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; RUNNING; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 60349115002     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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