Cocaine self-administration in dopamine D3 receptor knockout mice

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 352-363

  Caine, S Barak ^a   Thomsen, Morgane ^a   Barrett, Andrew C ^a   Collins, Gregory T ^a   Grundt, Peter ^b   Newman, Amy Hauck ^b   Butler, Paul ^c   Xu, Ming ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine receptors; Food maintained behavior; Knockout mice; Progressive ratio

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; N (4 (4 (2,3 DICHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZIN 1 YL)BUT 2 ENYL) 4 PYRIDINE 2 YLBENZAMIDE; N-(4-(4-(2,3-DICHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZIN-1-YL)BUT-2-ENYL)-4-PYRIDINE-2-YLBENZAMIDE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE INACTIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REINFORCEMENT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZAMIDES; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84874420953     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029135     Document Type: Article

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