Inactivation of the paraventricular thalamus abolishes the expression of cocaine conditioned place preference in rats

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 387-390

  Browning, Jenny R ^a,b   Jansen, Heiko T ^b   Sorg, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; CPP; Inactivation; PVT

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE TEST; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

ADDICTION; COCAINE; CPP; INACTIVATION; PVT;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84890160134     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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