Quantitative analysis of performance on a progressive-ratio schedule: effects of reinforcer type, food deprivation and acute treatment with Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Rats’ performance on a progressive-ratio schedule maintained by sucrose (0.6 M, 50 μl) and corn oil (100%, 25 μl) reinforcers was assessed using a model derived from Killeen’s (1994) theory of scheduled-controlled behaviour, ‘Mathematical Principles of Reinforcement’. When the rats were maintained a...

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Main Authors: Olarte-Sánchez, Cristian, Valencia-Torres, L., Cassaday, Helen J., Bradshaw, Chris, Szabadi, Elemer
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28311/