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Novelty seeking, incentive salience and acquisition of cocaine self-administration in the rat

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Beckmann, Joshua S., Marusich, Julie A., Gipson, Cassandra D., Bardo, Michael T.·2011·Behavioural Brain Research

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It has been suggested that incentive salience plays a major role in drug abuse and the development of addiction. Additionally, novelty seeking has been identified as a significant risk factor for drug abuse. However, how differences in the readiness to attribute incentive salience relate to novelty seeking and drug abuse vulnerability has not been explored. The present experiments examined how individual differences in incentive salience attribution relate to novelty seeking and acquisition of cocaine self-administration in a preclinical model. Rats were first assessed in an inescapable novelty task and a novelty place preference task (measures of novelty seeking), followed by a Pavlovian conditioned approach task for food (a measure of incentive salience attribution). Rats then were trained to self-administer cocaine (0.3 or 1.0 mg/kg/infusion) using an autoshaping procedure. The results demonstrate that animals that attributed incentive salience to a food-associated cue were higher novelty seekers and acquired cocaine self-administration more quickly at the lower dose. The results suggest that novelty-seeking behavior may be a mediator of incentive salience attribution and that incentive salience magnitude may be an indicator of drug reward.

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  • In these lines, unlike the case in outbred rats, there is a strong correlation between locomotor response to novelty and the tendency to sign-track.

    “Moreover in these lines, unlike the case in outbred rats13,28, there is a strong correlation between locomotor response to novelty and the tendency to sign-track15.”

    From A selective role for dopamine in stimulus-reward learning (2011) · cites this paper as [28]

  • Approach to, rather than avoidance of, novelty reflects positive motivation.

    “Approach to, rather than avoidance of, novelty reflects positive motivation (Beckmann, Marusich, Gipson, & Bardo, 2011; Powell, Geyer, Gallagher, & Paulus, 2004).”

    From Incentive Motivation, Cognitive Control, and the Adolescent Brain: Is It Time for a Paradigm Shift? (2012) · cites this paper as Beckmann, Marusich, Gipson, & Bardo, 2011

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Authors
Beckmann, J. S., Marusich, J. A., Gipson, C. D., & Bardo, M. T.
Affiliations
University of Kentucky (US)
Corresponding author
Beckmann, Joshua S.
Venue
Behavioural Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-01
Volume
216
Issue
1
Pages
159-165
ISSN
0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2068588050
Cited by
119
References
49
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FWCI
3.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32DA016176, T32DA007304, P50DA005312, P50 DA05312)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
novelty seeking, incentive salience, cocaine self-administration, drug acquisition, Pavlovian conditioned approach, individual differences, drug reward, addiction vulnerability, rats
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cocaine, Conditioning, Psychological, Exploratory Behavior, Individuality, Male, Motor Activity, Self Administration, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats

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