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Effects of daily cocaine on milk intake and motor activity in cannula-fed and bottle-fed rats

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1997
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The purpose of this experiment was to determine if tolerance to cocaine-induced hypophagia involves learning to suppress stereotyped movements that interfere with feeding. Milk intake and motor activity were measured in rats fed via bottles or intraoral cannulas. On dose-response 1, the bottle group was more hypophagic than the cannula group at the 8, 16, and 32 mg/kg doses. After 60d of chronic cocaine (16 mg/kg), only the bottle-fed group showed tolerance, indicated by a shift to the right on dose-response 2. Tolerance was accompanied by a decrease in activity, while activity in the cannula-fed groups given 16 or 32 mg/kg showed sensitization. These results suggest that moderate doses of cocaine interfere with feeding primarily by producing incompatible behaviors. Tolerance involves learning to inhibit these behaviors in order to feed.
Title: Effects of daily cocaine on milk intake and motor activity in cannula-fed and bottle-fed rats.
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Name(s): Hertz, Jacqueline Moore
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Wolgin, David L., Thesis Advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1997
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 63 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this experiment was to determine if tolerance to cocaine-induced hypophagia involves learning to suppress stereotyped movements that interfere with feeding. Milk intake and motor activity were measured in rats fed via bottles or intraoral cannulas. On dose-response 1, the bottle group was more hypophagic than the cannula group at the 8, 16, and 32 mg/kg doses. After 60d of chronic cocaine (16 mg/kg), only the bottle-fed group showed tolerance, indicated by a shift to the right on dose-response 2. Tolerance was accompanied by a decrease in activity, while activity in the cannula-fed groups given 16 or 32 mg/kg showed sensitization. These results suggest that moderate doses of cocaine interfere with feeding primarily by producing incompatible behaviors. Tolerance involves learning to inhibit these behaviors in order to feed.
Identifier: 9780591492361 (isbn), 15464 (digitool), FADT15464 (IID), fau:12228 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1997.
Subject(s): Rats as laboratory animals
Conditioned response
Drug tolerance
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