Natural and drug rewards act on common neural plasticity mechanisms with ΔFosB as a key mediator

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3434-3442

  Pitchers, Kyle K ^a,b   Vialou, Vincent ^c   Nestler, Eric J ^c   Laviolette, Steven R ^a   Lehman, Michael N ^a,b,d   Coolen, Lique M ^a,b,e  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EJACULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UPREGULATION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DENDRITIC SPINES; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84874217901     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4881-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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