Oxytocin reverses amphetamine-induced deficits in social bonding: Evidence for an interaction with nucleus accumbens dopamine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 8499-8506

  Young, Kimberly A ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Gobrogge, Kyle L ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Zuoxin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amphetamine; Dopamine; Oxytocin; Social bonding

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MATING; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIR BONDING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REWARD; SOCIAL BONDING; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADDICTION; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BONDING;

AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84902477231     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4275-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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