S. K. Hekmatyar1, Madhu M. Keralapurath2,
Jason Clark2, Sherri Hammond2, John J. Wagner2
1BioImaging Research
Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; 2Department
of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United
States
The temporal pattern of brain activation induced by cocaine in the regions of brain (dHF and vHF) that are associated with memory and learning were studied using functional MRI techniques in three groups of urethane anesthetized (i) cocaine naive (ii) self administered and (iii) in saline injected control rats.