Drugs of abuse : neurological reviews and protocols

Drugs of abuse. Introduction / J.Q. Wang -- Detection of cell proliferation and cell fate in adult CNS using BrdU double-label immunohistochemistry / Z.Z. Khaing and M. Blum -- Conditioned place preference. A simple method for investigating reinforcing properties in laboratory animals / E. Carboni and C. Vacca -- Laboratory analysis of behavioral effects of drugs of abuse in rodents / N.M. Richtand -- Measurement of dopamine uptake in neuronal cells and tissues / Y.S. Lau -- Real-time measurements of phasic changes in extracellular dopamine concentration in freely moving rats by fast-scan cyclic voltammetry / P.E. Phillips ... [et al.] -- HPLC/EC detection and quantification of acetylcholine in dialysates / J.A. Zackheim and E.D. Abercrombie -- Microdialysis coupled with electrochemical detection. A way to investigate brain monoamine role in freely moving animals / E. Carboni -- Organotypic culture of developing striatum. Pharmacological induction of gene expression / F.C. Liu -- Primary culture of adult neural progenitors / S.A. Bennett and L. Melanson-Drapeau -- Primary rat mesencephalic neuron-glia, neuron-enriched, microglia-enriched, and astroglia-enriched cultures / B. Liu and J.S. Hong -- Primary striatal neuronal culture / L. Mao and J.Q. Wang -- Antisense approaches in analyzing the functional role of proteins in the central nervous system / J.Q. Wang and L. Mao -- Generating gene knockout mice for studying mechanisms underlying drug addiction / J. Zhang and M. Xu -- Viral-mediated gene transfer to study the behavioral correlates of CREB function in the nucleus accumbens of rats / W.A. Carlezon, Jr. and R.L. Neve -- Analysis of DNA-binding activity in neuronal tissue with the electrophoretic mobility-shift assay / C.L. Konradi -- Dopamine receptor binding and quantitative autoradiographic study / B. Levant -- Analysis of protein expression in brain tissue by ELISA / S.A. Bennett and D.C. Roberts -- Immunohistochemical and immunocytochemical detection of phosphoproteins in striatal neurons / L. Mao and J.Q. Wang -- Quantification of protein in brain tissue by western immunoblot analysis / C.L. Konradi -- Systematic screening of gene expression using a cDNA macroarray / T.J. Worst ... [et al.] -- Application of TaqMan RT-PCR for real-time semiquantitative analysis of gene expression in the striatum / A.D. Medhurst and M.N. Pangalos -- Semiquantitative real-time PCR for analysis of mRNA levels / S.J. Walker, T.J. Worst and K.E. Vrana -- Analysis of mRNA expression in striatal tissue by differential display polymerase chain reaction / J.D. Berke -- Analysis of gene expression in striatal tissue by multiprobe RNase protection assay / N.M. Richtand -- Quantification of mRNA in neuronal tissue by northern analysis / C.L. Konradi -- Analysis of mRNA expression using double in situ hybridization labeling with isotopic and nonisotopic probes / J.Q. Wang -- Combining in situ hybridization with retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry for phenotypic characterization of individual neurons / C. Le Moine -- In situ hybridization with isotopic riboprobes for detection of striatal neuropeptide mRNA expression after dopamine stimulant administration / Y.L. Hurd -- From drugs of abuse to parkinsonism. The MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease / Y.S. Lau and G.E. Meredith -- Learning and memory mechanisms involved in compulsive drug use and relapse / J.D. Berke -- Neuropharmacology and neurotoxicity of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine / G.A. Gudelsky and B.K. Yamamoto -- Neuroprotective effect of naloxone in inflammation-mediated dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Dissociation from the involvement of opioid receptors / B. Liu and J.S. Hong -- Adult neural stem/progenitor cells in the forebrain. Implications for psychostimulant dependence and medication / J.Q. Wang, L. Mao and Y.S. Lau -- Effects of psychomotor stimulants on glutamate receptor expression / M.E. Wolf -- The temporal sequence of changes in gene expression by drugs of abuse / P.W. Kalivas ... [et al.].