Stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex serotonin 2C (5-HT 2C) receptors attenuates cocaine-seeking behavior

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2037-2048

  Pentkowski, Nathan S ^a   Duke, Felicia D ^a   Weber, Suzanne M ^a   Pockros, Lara A ^a   Teer, Andrew P ^a   Hamilton, Elizabeth C ^a   Thiel, Kenneth J ^a   Neisewander, Janet L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; craving; motivation; reinstatement; relapse; serotonin

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 2 (1 PIPERAZINYL)PYRAZINE; 6 CHLORO 5 METHYL 1 [[2 [(2 METHYL 3 PYRIDYL)OXY] 5 PYRIDYL]CARBAMOYL]INDOLINE; COCAINE; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMINOPYRIDINES; ANIMALS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INDOLES; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

EID: 77955718243     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.72     Document Type: Article

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