Pavlovian-conditioned alcohol-seeking behavior in rats is invigorated by the interaction between discrete and contextual alcohol cues: Implications for relapse

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 278-289

  Remedios, Jessica ^a   Woods, Catherine ^b   Tardif, Catherine ^a   Janak, Patricia H ^c,d,e   Chaudhri, Nadia ^a  

^a Center for Studies in Behavioural Neurobiology/Groupe de recherche en neurobiologie comportementale Department of Psychology Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Context; Ethanol; Learning; Pavlovian conditioning; Reinstatement; Renewal

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LONG EVANS RAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84896822332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.216     Document Type: Article

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