Context-specific modulation of cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization and ERK and CREB phosphorylation in the rat nucleus accumbens

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1931-1940

  Marin, Marcelo T ^a   Berkow, Alexander ^b   Golden, Sam A ^b   Koya, Eisuke ^b   Planeta, Cleopatra S ^a   Hope, Bruce T ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium calmodulin dependent kinase; CaMK; Kinase; Neuroadaptation; PKA

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE IV; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; CUES; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70449707219     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06982.x     Document Type: Article

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