Intravenous self-administration of heroin/cocaine combinations (speedball) using nose-poke or lever-press operant responding in mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-34

  David, V ^a   Polis, I ^a   McDonald, J ^a   Gold, L H ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Heroin; Intravenous self administration; Locomotor activity; Mice; Reward; Speedball

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0035089962     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200102000-00003     Document Type: Article

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