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. 2016 Jan;14(1):87–100. doi: 10.2174/1570159X13666150921112841

Table 3.

Results of the main studies to have used the CPP paradigm to evaluate the rewarding effects of psychostimulants in animals classified as high or low novelty seekers according to an inescapable NS paradigm.

Novelty-Seeking Animal Model Animals Age Drug Rewarding Effects of Psychostimulants in CPP References
Locomotor response to novelty Male Long Evans rats PND 46
Adolescent
PND 70
Adult
Amphetamine
(0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg) i.p.
HR less sensitive to
amphetamine CPP (%time)
Mathew et al., 2010
Male Sprague-Dawley rats 290-330g
Adult
200-225g
Adult
Cocaine
(5,10,12,15,20 mg/kg) i.p
Amphetamine
(0.4mg/kg) s.c
HR=LR acquired CPP Gong et al., 1996 Kosten and Miserendino, 1998 Dietz et al., 2007 Capriles et al., 2012 Robinet et al., 1998
C57BL/6J male mice 7-8 weeks Adult Cocaine
(4, 8, 12 mg/kg) i.p.
LR>HR in CPP at low doses Brabant et al., 2005
Shimosato and Watanabe, 2003
Male Slc:ddY mice 5 weeks
Adolescent
Cocaine
(5, 10, 20mg/kg) i.p.
Male and female OF1 mice PND 35
Adolescent
PND 56
Young adult
Cocaine
(1mg/kg) i.p.
10 min: young adult HNR>LNS
1h: HR young adult male=LR young adult female acquired CPP
Arenas et al., 2014