Drug seeking in response to a priming injection of MDMA in rats: Relationship to initial sensitivity to self-administered MDMA and dorsal striatal dopamine

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1315-1327

  Colussi Mas, Joyce ^a   Wise, Richard J ^a   Howard, Alex ^a   Schenk, Susan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Microdialysis; relapse; self administration; striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; INJECTION; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 79952660574     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710000283     Document Type: Article

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