Propensity to 'relapse' following exposure to cocaine cues is associated with the recruitment of specific thalamic and epithalamic nuclei

Neuroscience

Volumn 199, Issue , 2011, Pages 235-242

  James, M H ^a   Charnley, J L ^a   Flynn, J R ^a   Smith, D W ^a   Dayas, C V ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Paraventricular thalamus; Rat; Relapse

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EPITHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HABENULA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RELAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CUES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EPITHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 83055184338     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.047     Document Type: Article

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