What about me...? The PVT: A role for the paraventricular thalamus (PVT) in drug-seeking behaviour

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  James, Morgan H ^a   Dayas, Christopher V ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Hypocretin; Orexin; Paraventricular thalamus; Reinstatement; Relapse; Reward; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; OREXIN;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84874388412     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00018     Document Type: Article

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