Environmental enrichment decreases intravenous amphetamine self-administration in rats: Dose-response functions for fixed- and progressive-ratio schedules

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 373-378

  Green, T A ^a   Gehrke, B J ^a   Bardo, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Animal model; Differential rearing; Drug abuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUCROSE;

EID: 0036040826     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1134-y     Document Type: Article

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