Operant sensation seeking in the mouse

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 45, 2010, Pages

  Olsen, Christopher M ^a   Winder, Danny G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Motivation; Novelty seeking; Reinforcement; Self administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055104015     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2292     Document Type: Article

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