PubMed · 145282
[Morphine self-administration added to food conditioning: methodological variant in rats].
Abstract
Rats with permanent intra-jugular cannula are submitted to an alimentary operant reinforcement schedule with fixed ratio type FR 1, FR5, then FR 20. As a result, the animals are self administering (together with the alimentary inducer) a slow (about 5 sec) intravenous infusion of morphine (0.05 mg/kg). 20 per cent only of the experimental population exhibit a psychogenic dependance afterward. On the other hand, the animals for which morphine self-administration has been substituted to the alimentary reinforcement without respecting a transitory period combining both types of reinforcement have never shown any tendancy toward morphine self-administration. The lack of positive results could be related to the marked duration of the self-injection.
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M Leinot, M Basiez, F Roche, C Labrid. 1977. [Morphine self-administration added to food conditioning: methodological variant in rats].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/145282/
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