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The Roman high- and low-avoidance rat lines differ in the acquisition, maintenance, extinction, and reinstatement of intravenous cocaine self-administration.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Apr 2009
Fattore Liana, Piras Giovanna, Corda Maria G, Giorgi Osvaldo
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The selective breeding of Roman high- (RHA) and low-avoidance (RLA) rats for, respectively, rapid vs extremely poor acquisition of avoidant behavior in a shuttlebox has produced two phenotypes that differ in temperament traits, in mesocortical/mesolimbic dopamine system function, and in the behavioral and neurochemical responses to the acute and repeated administration of psychostimulants and opiates. The...
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