Decreases in brain reward function reflect nicotine and methamphetamine- withdrawal aversion in rats

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Miyata, Hisatsugu ^a   Itasaka, Michio ^b   Kimura, Naofumi ^a   Nakayama, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain reward system; Conditioned place aversion; Intracranial self stimulation; Methamphetamine; Nicotine; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; MECAMYLAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE TARTRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

EID: 79953031446     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015911795017218     Document Type: Article

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