The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus is recruited by both natural rewards and drugs of abuse: Recent evidence of a pivotal role for orexin/hypocretin signaling in this thalamic nucleus in drug-seeking behavior

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Matzeu, Alessandra ^a   Zamora Martinez, Eva R ^a   Martin Fardon, Rémi ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Drug seeking behavior; Natural reward; Orexin hypocretin; Paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; OREXIN; OREXIN A; OREXIN B; OREXIN RECEPTOR;

COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPULSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PLACE PREFERENCE; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84897493739     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00117     Document Type: Review

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