Involvement of CB1 receptors in the ventral tegmental area in the potentiation of morphine rewarding properties in acquisition but not expression in the conditioned place preference model

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 259-267

  Rashidy Pour, Ali ^a   Pahlevani, Pouyan ^b,c   Vaziri, Anoumid ^b   Shaigani, Pariya ^b   Zarepour, Leila ^d   Vafaei, Abbas Ali ^a   Haghparast, Abbas ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acquisition; CB1 receptor; Conditioned place preference; Expression; Morphine; Rat; Reward; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BENZOXAZINES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MORPHINE; MORPHOLINES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NAPHTHALENES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84877046559     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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