Individual differences in dopamine cell neuroadaptations following cocaine self-administration

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 801-803

  McCutcheon, James E ^a   White, Francis J ^a   Marinelli, Michela ^a  

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

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Dopamine; Individual differences; Self administration; VTA

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ADAPTATION; ADDICTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 74049090933     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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