Nicotine Infusion in the Wake-Promoting Basal Forebrain Enhances Alcohol-Induced Activation of Nucleus Accumbens

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2590-2596

  Sharma, Rishi ^a   Dumontier, Samuel ^a   Deroode, David ^a   Sahota, Pradeep ^a   Thakkar, Mahesh M ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Basal Forebrain; C Fos; Nicotine; Nucleus Accumbens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FOREBRAIN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BASAL FOREBRAIN; ETHANOL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84911375864     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12538     Document Type: Article

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