A procedure for studying the footshock-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking in laboratory rats

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 47, 2010, Pages

  Kupferschmidt, David A ^a   Brown, Zenya J ^a   Erb, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Footshock; Intravenous; Issue 47; Neuroscience; Operant Conditioning; Rat; Reinstatement; Relapse; Self administration; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355125567     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2265     Document Type: Article

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