CART peptide in the nucleus accumbens shell acts downstream to dopamine and mediates the reward and reinforcement actions of morphine

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1823-1833

  Upadhya, Manoj A ^a   Nakhate, Kartik T ^a   Kokare, Dadasaheb M ^a   Singh, Uday ^b   Singru, Praful S ^b   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^c  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript peptide; Food self administration; Immunohistochemistry; Morphine; Nucleus accumbens shell; Operant chamber

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84856443421     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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