Abstract
Although it has been suggested that opiate withdrawal responses might be conditioned compensatory responses elicited by drug-associated stimuli, the present results do not support such a view. Withdrawal, as measured by an aversion to a saccharin solution following the termination of morphine administration, occured independent of the presence of morphine-paired environmental or temporal cues. These results suggest that withdrawal is most likely the result of some physiological mechanism, rather than the result of conditioning.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 175-180 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1984 |
Keywords
- Aversions
- Compensatory classical conditioning
- Withdrawal