Differential roles of the prefrontal cortical subregions and basolateral amygdala in compulsive cocaine seeking and relapse after voluntary abstinence in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3018-3026

  Pelloux, Yann ^a   Murray, Jennifer E ^b,c   Everitt, Barry J ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine self administration; Compulsivity; Prefontal cortex; Relapse; Top down inhibitory control

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULAR CORTEX; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPULSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; INSULA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RAT; RELAPSE; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; MOTIVATION; OUTBRED STRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RECURRENCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84885434811     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12289     Document Type: Article

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