NMDA receptor hypofunction in the prelimbic cortex increases sensitivity to the rewarding properties of opiates via dopaminergic and amygdalar substrates

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-80

  Bishop, Stephanie F ^a   Lauzon, Nicole M ^a   Bechard, Melanie ^a   Gholizadeh, Shervin ^a   Laviolette, Steven R ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine; Glutamate; Memory; Morphine; NMDA receptor; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY; MODULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REWARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD;

EID: 78651309773     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq060     Document Type: Article

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