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Intravenous cocaine and heroin self-administration in rats selectively bred for differential saccharin intake: phenotype and sex differences.
Psychopharmacology - 1 May 2002
Carroll Marilyn E, Morgan Andrew D, Lynch Wendy J, Campbell Una C, Dess Nancy K
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RATIONALE: Rats selectively bred for high intake of a sweet saccharin solution (HiS) consume more ethanol than their low-saccharin intake (LoS) counterparts. The HiS phenotype may be a predictor of abuse of other drugs via other routes of administration. OBJECTIVE: HiS and LoS, male and female rats were tested for acquisition of IV cocaine and heroin self-administration under a fixed-ratio 1 (FR1) schedule, and...
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