N-acetylcysteine Facilitates Self-Imposed Abstinence After Escalation of Cocaine Intake

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 226-234

  Ducret, Eric ^a   Puaud, Mickaël ^b   Lacoste, Jérôme ^c   Belin Rauscent, Aude ^b   Fouyssac, Maxime ^b   Dugast, Emilie ^a   Murray, Jennifer E ^b   Everitt, Barry J ^b   Houeto, Jean Luc ^d   Belin, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^d POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Compulsivity; Motivation; N acetylcysteine; Zif268

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; COCAINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; ZIF268 PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EGR1 PROTEIN, RAT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2;

ABSTINENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL STRIATUM; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNISHMENT; RAT; VENTRAL STRIATUM; ANIMAL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; METABOLISM; REINFORCEMENT; TIME FACTOR;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ELECTROSHOCK; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUNISHMENT; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964027631     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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