2012
Characterization of a semi-rapid method for assessing delay discounting in rodents
Foscue E, Wood K, Schramm-Sapyta N. Characterization of a semi-rapid method for assessing delay discounting in rodents. Pharmacology Biochemistry And Behavior 2012, 101: 187-192. PMID: 22266769, PMCID: PMC3288622, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImportant disease processesChronic treatmentRodent modelsPsychiatric disordersDisease processDaily sessionsStable response patternsDrug addictionUnderlying mechanismSession learningOperant responseFuture studiesResponse patternsStable baselineExtended trainingCompulsive gamblingSubsequent daily sessionsObesityBaselineMonthsCocaine
2011
Individual differences in cocaine conditioned taste aversion are developmentally stable and independent of locomotor effects of cocaine
Drescher C, Foscue E, Kuhn C, Schramm-Sapyta N. Individual differences in cocaine conditioned taste aversion are developmentally stable and independent of locomotor effects of cocaine. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2011, 1: 600-605. PMID: 21927632, PMCID: PMC3173773, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2011.05.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual differencesApproach/avoidance behaviorComplex motivational statesApproach/avoidanceCocaine-induced locomotor effectsAversive effectsTaste aversion taskInterindividual differencesBrain cocaine levelsMotivational stateMotivational effectsDrugs of abuseAvoidance behaviorNeurological processesLocomotor effectsTaste aversionTaskAdulthoodDevelopmental variationAbuseCocaineAdolescenceAdolescentsAvoidanceCocaine levels