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  • Title: Effects of oxazepam on methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference.
    Author: Goeders JE, Goeders NE.
    Journal: Pharmacol Biochem Behav; 2004 May; 78(1):185-8. PubMed ID: 15159149.
    Abstract:
    Our laboratory has been investigating the role for the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and benzodiazepines in the behavioral effects of cocaine for several years now. The following represents our initial investigation of the influence of benzodiazepines on methamphetamine reward using conditioned place preference. In these experiments, methamphetamine (0.5 mg/kg ip) resulted in a robust conditioned place preference that was attenuated when the rats were pretreated with oxazepam (10 mg/kg ip) on the day of preference testing. These data suggest a potential role for benzodiazepines in the behavioral effects of methamphetamine. Additional research will be necessary to determine if the nature of these effects is similar with what has been observed with cocaine.
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