Modafinil attenuates reinstatement of cocaine seeking: Role for cystine-glutamate exchange and metabotropic glutamate receptors

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Mahler, Stephen V ^a   Hensley Simon, Megan ^a   Tahsili Fahadan, Pouya ^a   Lalumiere, Ryan T ^a   Thomas, Charles ^a   Fallon, Rebecca V ^a   Kalivas, Peter W ^a   Aston Jones, Gary ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microdialysis; nucleus accumbens; self administration

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; MODAFINIL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SELF-ADMINISTRATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GLUTAMATES; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECURRENCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; WAKEFULNESS-PROMOTING AGENTS; XANTHENES;

EID: 84890807644     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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