Effects of cannabinoid drugs on the reinforcing properties of food in gestationally undernourished rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-36

  Wakley, Alexa A ^a   Rasmussen, Erin B ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 AG; Cannabinoids; Food reinforcer efficacy; Gestational undernutrition; Progressive ratio schedules; Rimonabant; SR141716; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOCANNABINOID; LIGAND; RIMONABANT; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; GLYCERIDES; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70349246340     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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