Experimental Morphine Addiction: Method for Automatic Intravenous Injections in Unrestrained Rats
- 12 October 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 138 (3537) , 143-144
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.138.3537.143
Abstract
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.Keywords
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