Adolescence is a period of enhanced sensitivity to social influences and vulnerability to drug
abuse. Social reward in adolescent rats has been demonstrated with the conditioned place …

Rewards, as diverse as food, sweetened solutions, copulation, electrical brain stimulation,
and drugs abused by humans, have been shown to condition place preferences in rats …

A recent thrust in drug abuse research is the influence of social interactions on drug effects.
Therefore, the present study examined conditioned place preference (CPP) as a model for …

A main challenge in the therapy of drug dependent individuals is to help them reactivate
interest in non-drug-associated activities. We previously developed a rat experimental …

BACKGROUND: Social interaction can serve as a natural reward that attenuates drug
reward in rats; however, it is unknown if age or housing conditions alter the choice between …

In this study, we investigated behavioral factors underlying conditioned place preference
(CPP) induced by social interaction in adolescent rats. We found that the magnitude of …

Rationale Among human adolescents, drug use is substantially influenced by the attitudes
and behaviors of peers. Social factors also affect the drug-seeking behaviors of laboratory …

Social interaction promotes survival by helping animals to form stable and supportive
groups. Additionally, maladaptive social behavior is a hallmark of disorders such as autism …

This study was done to determine whether social and environmental factors alter cocaine
reward and proteins implicated in mediating drug reward in rats during early adolescence …

The periadolescent period in the rat is characterized by alterations in novelty seeking and
exploratory behavior, as well as changes in the behavioral responsiveness to many drugs of …