Expression of activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc/Arg3.1) in the nucleus accumbens is critical for the acquisition, expression and reinstatement of morphine-induced conditioned place preference

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-191

  Lv, Xiu Fang ^a   Xu, Ya ^a   Han, Ji Sheng ^a   Cui, Cai Lian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Activity regulated cytoskeleton associated protein activity regulated gene (Arc Arg3.1); Conditioned place preference (CPP); Expression; Morphine; Nucleus accumbens (NAc); Reinstatement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79956013260     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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