Beta-lactam antibiotic decreases acquisition of and motivation to respond for cocaine, but not sweet food, in C57Bl/6 mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-373

  Ward, Sara Jane ^a   Rasmussen, Bruce A ^a   Corley, Gladys ^a   Henry, Craig ^a   Kim, Jae K ^a   Walker, Ellen A ^a   Rawls, Scott M ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

lactam; addiction; ceftriaxone; cocaine; glutamate; glutamate transporter subtype 1; mouse; place preference; self administration

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SWEETNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; CEFTRIAXONE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; FOOD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 79960697552     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283473c10     Document Type: Article

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