Experimental Morphine Addiction: Method for Automatic Intravenous Injections in Unrestrained Rats

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 138 Số 3537 - Trang 143-144 - 1962
James R. Weeks1
1Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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An operant behavioral study on morphine addiction utilized a self-injection technique for giving intravenous injections to relatively unrestrained rats. The rate of self-injection varied inversely with the dose. Morphine was a reinforcer that produced almost immediate satiation.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Tập 138 Số 3537

143-144

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