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Adrenalectomy prevents behavioural sensitisation of mice to cocaine in a genotype-dependent manner.
Behavioural brain research - 27 Feb 2007
de Jong Inge E M, Oitzl Melly S, de Kloet E Ronald
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The objective of the present study was to investigate the contribution of adrenal stress hormones to strain differences in cocaine sensitivity. For this purpose, we have studied sensitisation to the locomotor stimulant effect of cocaine and, in parallel, cocaine-induced corticosterone secretion in two inbred mouse strains: C57BL/6 and DBA/2. Adrenalectomy ('ADX': surgical removal of the adrenal glands) was...
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