Reinforcing properties of morphine and naloxone revealed by conditioned place preferences: a procedural examination.

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In rats, conditioned place preferences are produced by morphine and conditioned place aversions produced by naloxone. In the present studies, several issues concerning the demonstration and interpretation of place conditioning findings were examined in a two-compartment (black and white) tilt box: (1) the responses of naive rats to testing, (2) place conditioning in rats with strong unconditioned biases to one of the sides, and (3) modifications of the testing situation so that naive rats res...

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Authors: Mucha, R; Iversen, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychopharmacology
• Volume: 82
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 241-247
• Publication date: 1984-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00427782
• EISSN: 1432-2072
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• Language: English
• Keywords: Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Morphine; Phenobarbital; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Rats; Female; Male; Rats, Inbred Strains; Conditioning (Psychology); Naloxone; Reinforcement (Psychology)