Drug versus sweet reward: Greater attraction to and preference for sweet versus drug cues

Addiction Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-444

  Madsen, Heather B ^a,b,c   Ahmed, Serge H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; cocaine; heroin; incentive motivation; sign tracking; sweetness

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; SACCHARIN; WATER; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CHOICE; HABITUATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIGHT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SWEETNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEROIN; LIGHTING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARCOTICS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE;

EID: 84926514204     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12134     Document Type: Article

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