Vaginal lavage attenuates cocaine-stimulated activity and establishes place preference in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 743-752

  Walker, Q ^a   Nelson, Christina J ^a   Smith, Daegan ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal activity; Vaginocervical stimulation; Vertical activity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LAVAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIGH; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IRRIGATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036830327     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00883-3     Document Type: Article

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