Nicotinic Acetylcholine α4β2 Receptor Regulates the Motivational Effect of Intracranial Self Stimulation Behavior in the Runway Method

• Main Authors: Hidenori Sagara (Author), Yoshihisa Kitamura (Author), Tetsuji Yae (Author), Kazuhiko Shibata (Author), Katsuya Suemaru (Author), Toshiaki Sendo (Author), Hiroaki Araki (Author), Yutaka Gomita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recently, it was demonstrated that the priming stimulation effect (PSE) of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) with the runway method can be used as a model system to study the motivation that contributes to specific behaviors. It was postulated that these behaviors could be used to compare the eff...