Effects of l-Cysteine on Reinstatement of Ethanol-Seeking Behavior and on Reinstatement-Elicited Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Phosphorylation in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Shell

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Peana, Alessandra T ^a   Giugliano, Valentina ^b   Rosas, Michela ^b   Sabariego, Marta ^b,c   Acquas, Elio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethanol primed reinstatement; Ethanol seeking behavior; l Cysteine; Nucleus accumbens shell; Reinstatement elicited ERK activation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CYSTEINE; ETHANOL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84872501116     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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