Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 253-261 , 1 February 2002

Conditioned suppression of behavior maintained by cocaine self-administration

  • David N. Kearns

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Department, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-202-885-1725; fax: +1-202-885-1023
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  • Stanley J. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Psychology Department, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, USA
    • ,
  • Leigh V. Panlilio

      Affiliations

    • Preclinical Pharmacology Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA

Received 6 December 2000 ,Revised 9 May 2001 ,Accepted 11 May 2001.

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☆ An appendix with additional data is available at the journal website at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/drugalcdep under ‘Supplementary Materials’.

PII: S0376-8716(01)00167-3

doi: 10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00167-3

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 253-261 , 1 February 2002

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