A New Method for Evaluation of Motivational Effects of Drugs

Motivation is a process that continuously changes behavior to achieve a goal and can be conceptualized as a series of steps relating to that process. Intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) behavior is considered to consist of reward and motivational effects. Moreover, priming stimulation of ICSS behav...

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Main Authors: Hidenori Sagara, Hiroaki Araki, Yutaka Gomita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S134786131930458X