Enhancement of conditioned place preference response to cocaine in rats following subchronic administration of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)

Synapse

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-162

  Horan, Bryan ^a   Gardner, Eliot L ^b   Ashby Jr , Charles R ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; Dependence; Drug abuse; Ecstasy; MDMA; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECREATION; REWARD;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD;

EID: 0033989274     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(200002)35:2<160::AID-SYN9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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