Essential role of NR2B-containing NMDA receptor-ERK pathway in nucleus accumbens shell in morphine-associated contextual memory

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 22-30

  Xu, Ya ^a,b,c   Lv, Xiu Fang ^a,b,c   Cui, Cai Lian ^a,b,c   Ge, Fei Fei ^a,b,c   Li, Yi Jing ^a,b,c   Zhang, Hao Lin ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Extracellular signal regulated kinase 1 2 (ERK1 2); Morphine; NR2B containing NMDA receptor; Nucleus accumbens (NAc)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; IFENPRODIL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; RAT; RECALL; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMORY; MORPHINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84864553805     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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