Publication Date:
1989-09-29
Description:
Clinical observations show that there is considerable individual variability in the response to the addictive properties of drugs. This individual variability needs to be taken into account in animal models of addiction. Like humans, only some rats readily self-administer low doses of psychostimulants. The individual animals at risk can be identified on the basis of their response to environmental or pharmacological challenges. This predisposition to develop self-administration can be induced by repeated treatment with amphetamine. These results may help elucidate the neurobiological basis of addiction liability observed in both rats and humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Piazza, P V -- Deminiere, J M -- Le Moal, M -- Simon, H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Sep 29;245(4925):1511-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉INSERM U.259, Universite de Bordeaux II, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2781295" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Dextroamphetamine/pharmacology
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Male
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Motor Activity/drug effects
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Risk Factors
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Self Administration
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Substance-Related Disorders/*etiology/psychology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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