Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Regulated Transcript (CART) signaling within the paraventricular thalamus modulates cocaine-seeking behaviour

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  James, Morgan H ^a   Charnley, Janine L ^a   Jones, Emma ^a   Levi, Emily M ^a   Yeoh, Jiann Wei ^a   Flynn, Jamie R ^a   Smith, Douglas W ^a   Dayas, Christopher V ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; NERVE PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMUS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 77958608333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012980     Document Type: Article

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