INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES IN NOVELTY-INDUCED ACTIVITY DO NOT PREDICT STRENGTH OF AMPHETAMINE-INDUCED PLACE CONDITIONING

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作者
ERB, SM [1 ]
PARKER, LA [1 ]
机构
[1] WILFRID LAURIER UNIV,DEPT PSYCHOL,WATERLOO N2L 3C5,ON,CANADA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; AMPHETAMINE; PLACE CONDITIONING; PLACE PREFERENCE; ACTIVITY; NOVELTY; DOPAMINE; REWARD; REINFORCEMENT; RAT;
D O I
10.1016/0091-3057(94)90317-4
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
A rat's level of activity while in a novel chamber has been shown to predict the likelihood that rat will learn to self-administer low doses of amphetamine (10). In a series of four experiments employing the place conditioning paradigm, a rat's level of activity when placed in a novel chamber was used to predict its sensitivity to the rewarding properties of low doses of amphetamine. In phase 1 of each experiment, rats were divided into high responders (HRs) and low responders (LRs) on the basis of activity level while in a novel chamber. In phase 2, rats were given place conditioning trials (one to four trials) with amphetamine (0.75-10 mg/kg). Although amphetamine-induced place preferences were consistently demonstrated, activity in a novel chamber did not predict the strength of a preference formed for an amphetamine-paired place. The failure of these experiments to support similar investigations using the self-administration paradigm [e.g., (10)], suggests that caution be used in generalizing between paradigms believed to measure similar processes.
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页码:581 / 586
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