Diazepam promotes choice of abstinence in cocaine self-administering rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 378-391

  Augier, Eric ^a,b   Vouillac, Caroline ^a,b   Ahmed, Serge H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

Author keywords

Abstinence; addiction; benzodiazepine; choice; cocaine; self control

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; POLYSORBATE 80; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ABSTINENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HABITUATION; INJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TRAINING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SACCHARIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84857648440     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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