The pleasures of play: Pharmacological insights into social reward mechanisms

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 463-469

  Trezza, Viviana ^a,c   Baarendse, Petra J J ^a   Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; APOMORPHINE; ATOMOXETINE; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; CANNABINOID; CHLORPROMAZINE; COCAINE; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ETICLOPRIDE; FENTANYL; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; METHADONE; METHANANDAMIDE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; N (4 HYDROXY 2 METHYLPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; QUINPIROLE; RIMONABANT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANOXERINE;

DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; EMOTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956920341     PISSN: 01656147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2010.06.008     Document Type: Review

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