Dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) circuitry in rodent models of cocaine use: Implications for drug addiction therapies

Addiction Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-226

  Jasinska, Agnes J ^a   Chen, Billy T ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a,b   Stein, Elliot A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; cocaine; medial prefrontal cortex; prelimbic cortex

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84923033589     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12132     Document Type: Article

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