TY - JOUR
T1 - Drug-induced conditioned place preference and aversion in mice
AU - Cunningham, Christopher L.
AU - Gremel, Christina M.
AU - Groblewski, Peter A.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank Laura Summers Bax for assistance in data collection. We also thank the many research assistants, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who contributed to the evolution of our place conditioning model over the last 18 years. Development of this protocol was supported by NIH-NIAAA grants AA007702, AA010760, AA007468 and AA016041.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - This protocol describes the equipment and methods used to establish conditioned place preference (CPP) or aversion (CPA). Place conditioning is a form of Pavlovian conditioning routinely used to measure the rewarding or aversive motivational effects of objects or experiences (e.g., abused drugs). Here, we present a place conditioning procedure that has been used extensively to study the motivational effects of ethanol and other abused drugs in mice. This protocol involves three phases: (i) habituation (or a pretest), (ii) conditioning of an association between the drug and a tactile or visual stimulus and (iii) a test that offers a choice between the drug-associated cue and a neutral cue. If the drug has motivational significance, mice will spend significantly more time (CPP) or less time (CPA) in proximity to the drug-associated cue. Potential problems in the design and interpretation of place conditioning studies are discussed. A typical experiment lasts 2 weeks.
AB - This protocol describes the equipment and methods used to establish conditioned place preference (CPP) or aversion (CPA). Place conditioning is a form of Pavlovian conditioning routinely used to measure the rewarding or aversive motivational effects of objects or experiences (e.g., abused drugs). Here, we present a place conditioning procedure that has been used extensively to study the motivational effects of ethanol and other abused drugs in mice. This protocol involves three phases: (i) habituation (or a pretest), (ii) conditioning of an association between the drug and a tactile or visual stimulus and (iii) a test that offers a choice between the drug-associated cue and a neutral cue. If the drug has motivational significance, mice will spend significantly more time (CPP) or less time (CPA) in proximity to the drug-associated cue. Potential problems in the design and interpretation of place conditioning studies are discussed. A typical experiment lasts 2 weeks.
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U2 - 10.1038/nprot.2006.279
DO - 10.1038/nprot.2006.279
M3 - Article
C2 - 17487149
AN - SCOPUS:33847655023
SN - 1754-2189
VL - 1
SP - 1662
EP - 1670
JO - Nature protocols
JF - Nature protocols
IS - 4
ER -