Post-weaning housing conditions influence the behavioural effects of cocaine and d-amphetamine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Smith, J K ^a   Neill, J C ^a   Costall, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Conditioned reinforcement; d Amphetamine; Environmental enrichment; Locomotor activity; Rat; Reward; Sensitisation; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HOUSING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPY; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0030991274     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050261     Document Type: Article

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