Neonatal isolation enhances acquisition of cocaine self-administration and food responding in female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 137-149

  Kosten, Therese A ^a   Sanchez, Hayde ^a   Zhang, Xiang Yang ^a   Kehoe, Priscilla ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early life stress; Maternal separation; Operant conditioning; Reward; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 3342968831     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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