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Alcohol-preferring (P) rats are more sensitive than Wistar rats to the reinforcing effects of cocaine self-administered directly into the nucleus accumbens shell.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior - 1 Oct 2011
Katner Simon N, Oster Scott M, Ding Zheng-Ming, Deehan Gerald A, Toalston Jamie E, Hauser Sheketha R, McBride William J, Rodd Zachary A
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Wistar rats will self-administer cocaine directly into the nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh), but not into the nucleus accumbens core. In human and animal literature, there is a genetic association between alcoholism and cocaine dependency. The current experiment examined whether selective breeding for high alcohol preference is also associated with greater sensitivity of the AcbSh to the reinforcing properties of...
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