Activation of the medial prefrontal cortex by escapable stress is necessary for protection against subsequent inescapable stress-induced potentiation of morphine conditioned place preference

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 160-165

  Rozeske, Robert R ^a   Der Avakian, Andre ^b   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Learned helplessness; Rat; Resilience; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MORPHINE; MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCAPABLE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IMMUNIZATION; INESCAPABLE STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MORPHINE; MUSCIMOL; NARCOTICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855260136     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07929.x     Document Type: Article

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