, Heidi N. Boyda1, 2 and Ric M. Procyshyn2, 3 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2) BC Mental Health & Addiction Research Institute, Vancouver, BC,…

and Paul Vezina1 (1) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA   Abstract Exposure to psychostimulant drugs leads to sensitized locomotor responding, nucleus accumbens (NAcc)…

, Daniele Caprioli1, Arianna Testa1, Maria Teresa De Luca1 and Michele Celentano1 (1) Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy   Abstract A variety of animal models have been developed to mimic…

and Athina Markou1 (1) Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA   Abstract Intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) is an operant behavioral paradigm…

(1) CNRS U MR5227 Laboratoire Mouvement Adaptation Cognition, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France (2) Université Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux, France   Abstract Among the different behavioral criteria used to discriminate substance…

Substance Delay discounting Go/no-go SSRTT 5-CSRTT Cocaine     Acute ? ⇑ (66) ? ⇑ (67) rep/chronic/self-admin ⇑ (61, 63, 68) ⇔ (61) ⇓ (69) ⇔ (70) Amphetamine     Acute ⇓⇑ (45, 57,…

and Mary C. Olmstead2 (1) Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AL, Canada (2) Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada   Abstract Eating disorders and drug addiction share many common traits….

and Franca Placenza1 (1) Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada   Abstract The most insidious aspect of drug addiction in humans is a high and recurrent propensity…