The Role of Context Preference and Age on Single Trial Nicotine Conditioned Place Preference, and the Role of Dosing Context on MAPK Activation in the Ventral Striatum
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smith, Robert F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fernandez, Gina Marie | |
| dc.creator | Fernandez, Gina Marie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-29T18:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-29T18:03:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Adolescents are prone to risk taking behaviors that often lead to experimentation with drugs, such as nicotine. This behavioral profile coincides with a sensitization of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine pathway that receives input from the developing prefrontal cortex. Drug-seeking behaviors are also maintained through reinforced drug- cue | |
| dc.format.extent | 121 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/8951 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Copyright 2014 Gina Marie Fernandez | |
| dc.subject | Neurosciences | |
| dc.subject | Psychology | |
| dc.subject | Conditioned Place Preference | |
| dc.subject | Mitogen Activated Kinase | |
| dc.subject | Nicotine | |
| dc.title | The Role of Context Preference and Age on Single Trial Nicotine Conditioned Place Preference, and the Role of Dosing Context on MAPK Activation in the Ventral Striatum | |
| dc.type | Dissertation | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology, Biopsychology Concentration | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral |