Title : Reinforcement enhancing effect of nicotine and its attenuation by nicotinic antagonists in rats - Liu_2007_Psychopharmacology.(Berl)_194_463 |
Author(s) : Liu X , Palmatier MI , Caggiula AR , Donny EC , Sved AF |
Ref : Psychopharmacology (Berl) , 194 :463 , 2007 |
Abstract :
RATIONALE: Recent studies have demonstrated that nicotine can enhance operant responding for other nonpharmacological reinforcing stimuli. However, the nature of the reinforcement-enhancing effect of nicotine remains largely unknown. OBJECTIVE: The present study determined the dose dependency of the ability of nicotine to increase lever-pressing responses maintained by a compound visual stimulus (VS) in rats and examined its sensitivity to pharmacological antagonism of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). MATERIALS AND |
PubMedSearch : Liu_2007_Psychopharmacology.(Berl)_194_463 |
PubMedID: 17616849 |
Liu X, Palmatier MI, Caggiula AR, Donny EC, Sved AF (2007)
Reinforcement enhancing effect of nicotine and its attenuation by nicotinic antagonists in rats
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
194 :463
Liu X, Palmatier MI, Caggiula AR, Donny EC, Sved AF (2007)
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
194 :463