Interaction of the basolateral amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex is critical for drug context-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior in rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 711-720

  Lasseter, Heather C ^a   Wells, Audrey M ^a   Xie, Xiaohu ^a   Fuchs, Rita A ^a  

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

Author keywords

basolateral amygdale; cocaine; context; functional inactivation; orbital frontal cortex; reinstatement

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; COCAINE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FOOD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 78651398370     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.209     Document Type: Article

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