Baclofen Facilitates the Extinction of Methamphetamine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-267

  Voigt, Robin M ^a   Herrold, Amy A ^a   Napier, T Celeste ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Conditioned place preference; GABAB receptor; Methamphetamine; Rat

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; METHAMPHETAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 79954474261     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022893     Document Type: Article

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