Construct validity of a self-stimulation threshold paradigm: Effects of reward and performance manipulations

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 111-119

  Markou, Athina ^a   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation reward; Cocaine; Construct validity; Curare; Current thresholds; Intracranial self stimulation; Neuromuscular blocking agent; Rats; Response latency; Stimulants; Train duration; Weight

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CURARE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION;

ANIMAL; COCAINE; CURARE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026503778     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90211-J     Document Type: Article

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