Less is more: prolonged intermittent access cocaine self-administration produces incentive-sensitization and addiction-like behavior

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 19-20, 2016, Pages 3587-3602

  Kawa, Alex B ^a   Bentzley, Brandon S ^b   Robinson, Terry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavioral economics; Cocaine; Intermittent access; Motivation; Sign tracking

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADDICTION LIKE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INCENTIVE SENSITIZATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSITIZATION; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; DRUG EFFECTS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CUES; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84982859790     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4393-8     Document Type: Article

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