The cannabinoid CB2 receptor is necessary for nicotine-conditioned place preference, but not other behavioral effects of nicotine in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 229, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-601

  Ignatowska Jankowska, Bogna M ^a   Muldoon, Pretal P ^a   Lichtman, Aron H ^a   Damaj, M Imad ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; CB2; Conditioned place preference; Mecamylamine; Nicotine; Reinforcement; Reward; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; COCAINE; NICOTINE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; MECAMYLAMINE; O-1996A; O 1996A;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REWARD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WILD TYPE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NICOTINE; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; REWARD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84885406191     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3117-6     Document Type: Article

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