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Compulsive methamphetamine taking under punishment is associated with greater cue-induced drug seeking in rats.
Behavioural brain research - 30 May 2017
Torres Oscar V, Jayanthi Subramanian, Ladenheim Bruce, McCoy Michael T, Krasnova Irina N, Cadet Jean Lud
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Methamphetamine (METH) addicts lose control over drug consumption despite suffering multiple adverse medicolegal consequences. To mimic the negative events associated with drug addiction in humans, we recently introduced a rat model of self-administration (SA) with response-contingent punishment on METH intake. These procedures allowed us to distinguish between two addiction-like phenotypes in rats, those that...
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