Neural circuit competition in cocaine-seeking: Roles of the infralimbic cortex and nucleus accumbens shell

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 614-622

  Lalumiere, Ryan T ^a   Smith, Kyle C ^b   Kalivas, Peter W ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Prelimbic cortex; Rat; Reinstatement; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; 2 [2,6 DIFLUORO 4 [[2 [(PHENYLSULFONYL)AMINO]ETHYL]THIO]PHENOXY]ACETAMIDE; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE NET; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84863394558     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.07991.x     Document Type: Article

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