Effects of the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone on intracranial self-stimulation in C57BL/6J Mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3415-3423

  Fish, Eric W ^a   Whitman, Buddy J ^a   Diberto, Jeff F ^a   Robinson, J Elliott ^a   Morrow, A Leslie ^a   Malanga, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Electrical brain stimulation; GABAA receptors; Psychostimulant; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; COCAINE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRACRANIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

EID: 84937839648     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3600-8     Document Type: Article

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