The effect of early psychostimulant treatment on abuse liability and dopamine receptors

Examines whether the reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse were altered in adulthood by methylphenidate, more commonly known as Ritalin. Subjects were 108 rats of Sprague-Dawley descent (Harlan). Methylphenidate, or saline was administered daily to the subjects from the postnatal period (11-20 da...

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Main Author: Villafranca, Steven Wayne
Format: Others
Published: CSUSB ScholarWorks 2005
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2824
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3841&context=etd-project