Differential patterns of neuronal activation in rostral versus caudal ventral tegmental area involved in behavioral sensitization induced by an escalating-dose morphine administration paradigm

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 689, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Bai, Yunjing ^a   Peng, Yonghua ^a   Liang, Jing ^a   Zheng, Xigeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Escalating dose; Fos; Morphine; Rostral ventral tegmental area; Substantia nigra pars reticulata

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PROTEIN FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SENSITIZATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84864285700     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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