Inputs from the basolateral amygdala to the nucleus accumbens shell control opiate reward magnitude via differential dopamine D1 or D2 receptor transmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-290

  Lintas, Alessandra ^a   Chi, Ning ^a   Lauzon, Nicole M ^a   Bishop, Stephanie F ^a   Sun, Ninglei ^a   Tan, Huibing ^a   Laviolette, Steven R ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine receptors; Electrophysiology; Memory; Nucleus accumbens shell; Rat

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; MICE; MORPHINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD;

EID: 84855926038     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07943.x     Document Type: Article

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