Amygdala mechanisms of pavlovian psychostimulant conditioning and relapse

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-99

  Buffalari, Deanne M ^a   See, Ronald E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioning; Pavlovian; Psychostimulant; Relapse

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EFFERENT NERVE; FACILITATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79952118311     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2009_18     Document Type: Article

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