β-Endorphin via the delta opioid receptor is a major factor in the incubation of cocaine craving

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2508-2514

  Dikshtein, Yahav ^a   Barnea, Royi ^a   Kronfeld, Noam ^a   Lax, Elad ^a   Roth Deri, Ilana ^a   Friedman, Alexander ^a   Gispan, Iris ^a   Elharrar, Einat ^a   Levy, Sarit ^a   Ben Tzion, Moshe ^a   Yadid, Gal ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

beta endorphin; cocaine; delta opioid receptor; incubation of craving; nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA ENDORPHIN ANTIBODY; C 157H 254N 42O 44S; COCAINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; NALTRINDOLE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SC 18264; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CUES; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84888326224     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.155     Document Type: Article

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