Reduction of the Morphine Maintenance by Blockade of the NMDA Receptors during Extinction Period in Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm of Rats

Introduction: Activation of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors in the nucleus accumbens is a component of drug-induced reward mechanism. In addition, NMDA receptors play a major role in brain reward system and activation of these receptors can change firing pa...

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Main Authors: Ali Siahposht-Khachaki, Zahra Fatahi, Abbas Haghparast
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2016-10-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-992-8&slc_lang=en&sid=1