A second-order schedule of food reinforcement in rats to examine the role of CB1 receptors in the reinforcement-enhancing effects of nicotine

Addiction Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-392

  Wing, Victoria C ^a   Shoaib, Mohammed ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioned stimulus; endocannabinoid; nicotine; reinforcement; rodent; second order schedule

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 78649453026     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2009.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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