Oxytocin and MDMA ('Ecstasy') enhance social reward in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2631-2641

  Ramos, Linnet ^a   Hicks, Callum ^a   Caminer, Alex ^a   Goodwin, Jack ^a   McGregor, Iain S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; MDMA; Object CPP; Oxytocin; Social reward; Social CPP; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; ARGIPRESSIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84932192020     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3899-9     Document Type: Article

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