Effects of context-drug learning on synaptic connectivity in the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 205-215

  Rademacher, David J ^a,b   Mendoza Elias, Nasya ^a   Meredith, Gloria E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b LAKE FOREST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Associative learning; Basolateral amygdala; Electron microscopy; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Physical disector

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE TEST; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASOLATERAL NUCLEAR COMPLEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENDRITIC SPINES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84921056706     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12781     Document Type: Article

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