Brain circuits of methamphetamine place reinforcement learning: The role of the hippocampus-VTA loop

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-141

  Keleta, Yonas B ^a   Martinez, Joe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Nucleus accumbens; Place conditioning; Reward; VTA

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84866322555     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.35     Document Type: Article

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