Nicotine restores morphine-induced memory deficit through the D1 and D2 dopamine receptor mechanisms in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1126-1133

  Azizbeigi, Ronak ^a   Ahmadi, Shamseddin ^b   Babapour, Vahab ^a   Rezayof, Ameneh ^c   Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^a,d,e,f,g,h  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^h Institute for Cognitive Science Studies   (Iran)

Author keywords

Morphine; nicotine; rat; retrieval; SCH 23390; sulpiride

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; SULPIRIDE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BENZAZEPINES; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SULPIRIDE;

EID: 80051956694     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881111405354     Document Type: Article

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