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While no animal model exists that recapitulates the entire spectrum of the drug abuse syndrome in humans, animal models do exist for the study of specific drug-related behaviors, including initial sensitivity (as measured by drug-induced locomotor behavior), sensitization and drug reward and reinforcement paradigms.

In summary, TS during prenatal development modified juvenile behavior, attenuated drug-induced behavioral sensitization in adulthood, and reorganized brain regions implicated in drug addiction.

Sex differences in nicotine's influence over overt behaviors (i.e. hypoactivity or behavioral sensitization) can be examined using passive drug administration models in male and female rats.

Doses from previous studies showed reduced drug-conditioned behavior; however in this study neither CDPPB nor fenobam pretreatment resulted in an altered expression of behavioral sensitization, indicating a lack of mGluR5 involvement in sensitized methamphetamine-induced locomotion.

It has been proposed that this behavioral sensitization may serve as a useful model for changes that may underlie the etiology and maintenance of drug-seeking behavior.

Thus, swimming exercise in pregnant morphine dependent mothers decreased anxiety, depressive-like behavior and also the voluntary morphine consumption in the pubertal male and female offspring, which may prevent prenatally morphine-induced behavioral sensitization in offspring.

The current findings using the behavioral sensitization model therefore suggest that the changes in the degree to which mGluR5 mediates drug-stimulated and drug-conditioned behavior previously shown to occur with chronic cocaine exposure might also take place in rats with a history of chronic METH exposure.

Repeated morphine exposure can induce behavioral sensitization.

METH induces long-term changes in behavior, including sensitization and dependence [ 4, 5], as well as deficits in cognitive function [ 6- 8], and causes psychiatric symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions [ 9].

When working with cooperative clients to treat maladaptive approach behaviors, covert sensitization has been found to be a humane and effective alternative to in vivo aversion therapy procedures that employ aversive stimuli such as chemicals and electric shock.

Our previous studies have shown that acupuncture attenuates morphine self-administration and sensitization behavior as well as withdrawal signs.