Effects of acute and chronic nicotine on responses maintained by primary and conditioned reinforcers in rats

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-305

  Raiff, Bethany R ^a   Dallery, Jesse ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned reinforcement; Nicotine; Observing response procedure; Rats; Sucrose pellets

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; LIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 33747594551     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.14.3.296     Document Type: Article

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