NMDA receptor glycine modulatory site in the ventral tegmental area regulates the acquisition, retrieval, and reconsolidation of cocaine reward memory

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Zhou, Shuang Jiang ^a,b   Xue, Li Fen ^b   Wang, Xue Yi ^a   Jiang, Wen Gao ^b   Xue, Yan Xue ^b   Liu, Jian Feng ^b   He, Yin Yin ^b   Luo, Yi Xiao ^b   Lu, Lin ^b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; Reconsolidation; Rewarding memory; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

7 CHLOROTHIOKYNURENIC ACID; COCAINE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; KYNURENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALEPSY; COCAINE RELATED REWARD MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAPSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; MEMORY; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84859633948     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2551-6     Document Type: Article

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