Levetiracetam has opposite effects on alcohol-and cocaine-related behaviors in C57BL/6J mice

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1322-1333

  Robinson, J Elliott ^a,b   Chen, Meng ^a   Stamatakis, Alice M ^b   Krouse, Michael C ^a   Howard, Elaina C ^a   Faccidomo, Sara ^a   Hodge, Clyde W ^a   Fish, Eric W ^a   Malanga, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; behavioral sensitization; Brain Stimulation Reward (BSR); glutamate; Intracranial Self Stimulation (ICSS); SV2A

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; ETIRACETAM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIRACETAM; SELF STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84878533705     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.30     Document Type: Article

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