Developmental Differences in Nicotine Place Conditioning

Authors

Tracy A. Torrella, University of South Florida
Kimberly A. Badanich, University of South FloridaFollow
Rex M. Philpot, University of South FloridaFollow
Cheryl L. Kirstein, University of South FloridaFollow
Lynn Wecker, University of South Florida

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2004

Keywords

conditioned place preference, nicotine, adolescence, anxiolytic

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1308.052

Abstract

To understand the motivations and implications of the prevalence of smoking, studies have compared the behavioral effects of nicotine, the psychoactive drug in tobacco, in adolescent and adult animals. The present study used a biased three‐chambered conditioned‐place preference procedure without prior habituation to examine the potential rewarding and anxiolytic effects of nicotine across adolescence and adulthood to assess the presence of age‐dependent differences in response to nicotine.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 1021, issue 1, p. 399-403

Scholar Commons Citation

Torrella, Tracy A.; Badanich, Kimberly A.; Philpot, Rex M.; Kirstein, Cheryl L.; and Wecker, Lynn, "Developmental Differences in Nicotine Place Conditioning" (2004). Psychology Faculty Publications. 835.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/835