Experimental Morphine Addiction: Method for Automatic Intravenous Injections in Unrestrained Rats

James R. Weeks(W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
Science
October 12, 1962
Cited by 653

Abstract

An operant behavioral study on morphine addiction utilized a self-injection technique for giving intravenous injections to relatively unrestrained rats. The rate of self-injection varied inversely with the dose. Morphine was a reinforcer that produced almost immediate satiation.


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