Sign-tracking predicts increased choice of cocaine over food in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-228

  Tunstall, Brendan J ^a   Kearns, David N ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Choice; Cocaine self administration; Goal tracking; Sign tracking

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOAL TRACKING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SIGN TRACKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; REWARD; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 84920197975     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.12.034     Document Type: Article

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