Behavioral sensitization to amphetamine is not accompanied by changes in glutamate receptor surface expression in the rat nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-51

  Nelson, Christopher L ^a   Milovanovic, Michael ^a   Wetter, Joseph B ^a   Ford, Kerstin A ^a   Wolf, Marina E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

amino 3 hydroxy 5 methylisoxazole 4 propionate receptor; Amphetamine; Drug abuse; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STUDENT T TEST;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

RATTUS;

EID: 61849181009     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05911.x     Document Type: Article

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