N-Acetylcysteine reduces early- and late-stage cocaine seeking without affecting cocaine taking in rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 437-440

  Murray, Jennifer E ^a   Everitt, Barry J ^a   Belin, David ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Cocaine self administration; cystine glutamate exchange; drug seeking; habits; N acetylcysteine; second order schedule

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84857649420     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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