Optogenetic evidence that pallidal projections, not nigral projections, from the nucleus accumbens core are necessary for reinstating cocaine seeking

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 13654-13662

  Stefanik, Michael T ^a   Kupchik, Yonatan M ^a   Brown, Robyn M ^a   Kalivas, Peter W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETERS AND TUBES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBER OPTIC CANNULA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTOGENETICS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRAINING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEPENDOVIRUS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPSINS; OPTOGENETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882637868     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1570-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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