Uncontrollable stress potentiates morphine's rewarding properties

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 655-664

  Will, Matthew J ^a   Watkins, Linda R ^a   Maier, Steven F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphetamine; Conditioned place preference; DMCM; Learned helplessness; Morphine; Rat; Reward; Uncontrollable stress

Indexed keywords

4 ETHYL 6,7 DIMETHOXY BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STRESS;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CARBOLINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONVULSANTS; ELECTROSHOCK; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031858416     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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