Ventral tegmental area-basolateral amygdala-nucleus accumbens shell neurocircuitry controls the expression of heroin-conditioned immunomodulation

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-56

  Szczytkowski, Jennifer L ^a   Fuchs, Rita A ^a   Lysle, Donald T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Dopamine; Glutamate; Heroin; Nitric oxide; Nucleus accumbens shell

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE; NITRITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 80051475565     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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