Cocaine self-administration is not dependent upon mesocortical α1 noradrenergic signaling

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 325-330

  Ecke, Laurel E ^a   Elmer, Greg I ^b   Suto, Nobuyoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

1 receptors; Cocaine self administration; D1 receptors; Dopamine; Medial prefrontal cortex; Norepinephrine; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; COCAINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TERAZOSIN;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84859424540     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283517628     Document Type: Article

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