Sensitised locomotion does not predict conditioned locomotion in cocaine-treated mice: Further evidence against the excitatory conditioning model of context-dependent sensitisation

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Tirelli, Ezio ^a   Tambour, Sophie ^a   Michel, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C57Bl 6J mice; Cocaine; Excitatory conditioning; Locomotion; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0038272652     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(03)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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