Cocaine-, caffeine-, and stress-evoked cocaine reinstatement in high vs. low impulsive rats: Treatment with allopregnanolone

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-64

  Regier, Paul S ^a   Claxton, Alexander B ^a   Zlebnik, Natalie E ^a   Carroll, Marilyn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Caffeine; Cocaine; Impulsivity; Reinstatement; Self administration; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; CAFFEINE; COCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YOHIMBINE; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; STRESS; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECTS; INBRED RAT STRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CAFFEINE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DELAY DISCOUNTING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECURRENCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 84922396504     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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