Sensitization of rapid dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens core and shell after repeated cocaine in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 922-931

  Addy, Nii A ^a   Daberkow, David P ^c   Ford, Jeremy N ^a   Garris, Paul A ^c   Wightman, R Mark ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77955976187     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00413.2010     Document Type: Article

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