Environmental enrichment decreases intravenous self-administration of amphetamine in female and male rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 278-284

  Bardo, M T ^a   Klebaur, J E ^a,b   Valone, J M ^a   Deaton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Drug reward; Environmental enrichment; Isolation rearing; Self administration; Sex difference; Social environment

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUCROSE;

EID: 0035007006     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100720     Document Type: Article

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