Examination of behavioral strategies regulating cocaine intake in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 935-944

  Zimmer, Benjamin A ^a   Dobrin, Carson V ^a   Roberts, David C S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dose; Estimated brain levels; Inter infusion interval; Modeling; Rat; Regulation; Self administration

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84873735237     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2877-8     Document Type: Article

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