Microinjection of CART peptide 55-102 into the nucleus accumbens core inhibits the expression of conditioned hyperactivity in a cocaine-associated environment

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-173

  Yoon, Hyung Shin ^a   Kim, Wha Young ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a Brain Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CART peptide; Cocaine; Conditioned locomotion; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; REARING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 70649091048     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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