Date of Award
4-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Paul T. Mountjoy
Second Advisor
Dr. Alan Poling
Third Advisor
Dr. Norman Peterson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Six, adult male, Spraque-Dawley rats served as subjects in this experiment which examined whether they would self-administer a 32 microgram per milliliter or a 64- microgram per milliliter (32 ug/ml and 64 ug/ml) nicotine tartrate solution when presented concurrently with distilled water. Subjects in Group I had access to a 32 ug/ml nicotine solution and Group II subjects had access to a 64 ug/ml nicotine solution during both phases. During Phase II an "AB" reversal was implemented to ascertain whether the subjects had a side preference or if they preferred to injest nicotine. It was found that each subject in both groups preferred the nicotine solutions as opposed to distilled water.
Recommended Citation
Hansor, Jay D., "The Oral Self-Administration of Nicotine in Two Groups of Rats" (1984). Masters Theses. 1496.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1496