FACTORS AFFECTING VOLUNTARY MORPHINE INTAKE IN SELF-MAINTAINED ADDICTED RATS
FACTORS AFFECTING VOLUNTARY MORPHINE INTAKE IN SELF-MAINTAINED ADDICTED RATS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00413156
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
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通讯作者:
COLLINS, RJ
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作者:
WEEKS, JR;COLLINS, RJ
Self-maintained morphine addicted rats were prepared by implanting chronic venous cannulas and fitting the rats with a device permitting relatively free movement and also enabling them to obtain morphine injections at will by pressing a lever. Three factors modifying voluntary morphine intake were studied. Using a continuous reinforcement schedule, progressively decreasing the size of the morphine dose led to a greater number of doses daily. Compensation was incomplete in that the total daily morphine intake decreased. Progressively increasing a fixed ration reinforcement schedule up to about FR-75, caused rats to continue responding on the lever until the dose was obtained. Above FR-75 responding became intermittent and daily morphine decreased as the time interval between doses increased. Continuous intravenous infusion of a second drug, leaving voluntary access to morphine at FR-10, led to decreased morphine intake following infusion of morphine itself, codeine and meperidlne. Nalorphine infusion increased morphine intake. Effectiveness of infusions varied with the infusion rate.