Regulation of the ventral tegmental area by the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis is required for expression of cocaine preference

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3549-3558

  Sartor, Gregory C ^a   Aston Jones, Gary ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; Lateral hypothalamus; Orexin; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; COCAINE; MUSCIMOL; OREXIN;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; FOS STAINING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; STRIA TERMINALIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84870568832     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08277.x     Document Type: Article

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