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Depressive-like phenotype enhances relapse of nicotine seeking after forced abstinence in rats.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2023
Amchova Petra, Ruda-Kucerova Jana
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OBJECTIVE: Comorbidity of depression and drug addiction is common, but effective treatment is missing. A rat model combining the olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) model and IV drug self-administration has provided evidence of differential reactivity of the OBX rats towards drugs of abuse. This study evaluates nicotine taking and seeking behaviour in this model. METHODS: Adult male Wistar rats were used; in one group,...
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