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Discover LudwigThe phrase "administer cocaine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in medical or legal contexts where the act of giving cocaine as a treatment or for research purposes is being discussed.
Example: "The physician decided to administer cocaine to the patient as part of a controlled study on its effects."
Alternatives: "give cocaine" or "provide cocaine".
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Researchers at Yale reached that conclusion after studying rats that were allowed to administer cocaine to themselves.
If the authors want to make conclusions regarding the role of NMDA receptors in vivo, then the authors need to administer cocaine and the drug in vivo.
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Reinforcing effects of sigma-receptor agonists in rats trained to self-administer cocaine.
Amphetamine-induced dopamine release: markedly blunted in cocaine dependence and predictive of the choice to self-administer cocaine.
Rhesus monkeys were prepared with chronic i.v. catheters and allowed to self-administer cocaine, DPH or pyrilamine alone or as mixtures under a progressive-ratio schedule of reinforcement.
Rats were trained to self-administer cocaine or sucrose using a fixed-ratio one, long‐access schedule (6 h/day for 20 days).
Active cocaine significantly increased choice to self-administer cocaine, subjective-effect ratings (e.g., "Good Drug Effect"), blood pressure and heart rate (HR).
Rhesus monkeys (n = 4) prepared with i.v. catheters were allowed to self-administer cocaine or saline under a progressive-ratio schedule.
And an experiment that followed with monkeys that were allowed to self-administer cocaine for a year showed that this was at least partly true.
After screening in the 1-CSRT task, HI and LI rats were trained to self-administer cocaine and then subjected to a 14-day FA.
The monkeys were then taught how to self-administer cocaine by pressing a lever, with researchers finding that the dominant monkeys took significantly less cocaine than the subordinate ones.
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