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 …

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 …

Rationale Smoking typically begins during adolescence and is largely reinforced by social
cues. During adolescence in rats, sensitivity to both social cues and drugs of abuse is …

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 …

Positive social interaction could play an essential role in switching the preference of the
substance dependent individual away from drug related activities. We have previously …

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 …

Rationale Drug addiction is a multifactorial disorder resulting from an interaction between
genetic and environmental factors, and negative and positive environmental conditions may …

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 …

Background A main challenge in the therapy of drug dependent individuals is to help them
reactivate interest in non-drug-associated activities. Among these activities, social …

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 …