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An animal model of genetic vulnerability to behavioral disinhibition and responsiveness to reward-related cues: implications for addiction.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jan 2010
Flagel Shelly B, Robinson Terry E, Clark Jeremy J, Clinton Sarah M, Watson Stanley J, Seeman Phillip, Phillips Paul E M, Akil Huda
Abstract excerpt
Rats selectively bred based on high or low reactivity to a novel environment were characterized for other behavioral and neurobiological traits thought to be relevant to addiction vulnerability. The two lines of animals, which differ in their propensity to self-administer drugs, also differ in the value they attribute to cues associated with reward, in impulsive behavior, and in their dopamine system. When a cue...
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