Stress induces behavioral sensitization, increases nicotine-seeking behavior and leads to a decrease of CREB in the nucleus accumbens

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-442

  Leão, Rodrigo Molini ^a,b   Cruz, Fábio Cardoso ^a   Marin, Marcelo Tadeu ^a   Planeta, Cleopatra Da Silva ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CREB; ERK; Nicotine; Self administration; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STRESS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84857438891     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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