Effects of environmental enrichment on sensitivity to cocaine in female rats: Importance of control rates of behavior

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-321

  Smith, Mark A ^a   Iordanou, Jordan C ^a   Cohen, Marika B ^a   Cole, Kathryn T ^a   Gergans, Samantha R ^a   Lyle, Megan A ^a   Schmidt, Karl T ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; Enrichment; Environment; Female; Locomotor; Rat; Self administration; Social; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 68449096847     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e32832ec568     Document Type: Article

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