The role of medial prefrontal cortex in extinction and reinstatement of alcohol-seeking in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-268

  Willcocks, Andrea L ^a   Mcnally, Gavan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Context; Infralimbic; Prelimbic; Relapse

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BEER; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFRALIMBIC PREFRONTAL CORTEX; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEER; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84872653219     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12031     Document Type: Article

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