Effects of simultaneous exposure to stress and nicotine on nicotine-induced locomotor activation in adolescent and adult rats
Preclinical studies have shown that repeated stress experiences can result in an increase in the locomotor response to the subsequent administration of drugs of abuse, a phenomenon that has been termed behavioral cross-sensitization. Behavioral sensitization reflects neuroadaptive processes associat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000100006&lng=en&tlng=en |