Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2012

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences

Volume

2012

DOI of Original Publication

10.1155/2012/281768

Comments

Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/281768

Date of Submission

August 2014

Abstract

Drug self-administration procedures have played a critical role in the experimental analysis of psychoactive compounds, such as cocaine, for over 50 years. While there are numerous permutations of this procedure, this paper will specifically focus on choice procedures using concurrent schedules of intravenous drug self-administration. The aims of this paper are to first highlight the evolution of drug choice procedures and then review the subsequent preclinical body of literature utilizing these choice procedures to understand the environmental, pharmacological, and biological determinants of the reinforcing stimulus effects of drugs. A main rationale for this paper is our proposition that choice schedules are underutilized in investigating the reinforcing effects of drugs in assays of drug self-administration. Moreover, we will conclude with potential future directions and unexplored scientific space for the use of drug choice procedures.

Rights

Copyright © 2012 Matthew L. Banks and S. Stevens Negus. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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VCU Pharmacology and Toxicology Publications

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