Acupuncture suppresses reinstatement of morphine-seeking behavior induced by a complex cue in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 548, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-131

  Lee, Bong Hyo ^a   Lim, Sung Chul ^a   Jeon, Hyeon Jeong ^a   Kim, Jae Su ^a   Lee, Yun Kyu ^a   Lee, Hyun Jong ^a   In, Sunghyun ^a   Kim, Hee Young ^a   Yoon, Seong Shoon ^a   Yang, Chae Ha ^a  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cue; Environment; GABA; Morphine; Reinstatement

Indexed keywords

5,5 DIMETHYL 2 MORPHOLINEACETIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; MORPHINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE; CUE; ENVIRONMENT; GABA; MORPHINE; REINSTATEMENT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MORPHINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84880136601     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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