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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18915
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
2013-12
31 pages
eng
Johnson, Craig Trevor
Olive, Foster
Presson, Clark
Montesano, Mark
Barrett, The Honors College
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program
Department of Psychology
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In recent years the abuse of synthetic cathinones, "Bath Salts," has increased. The purpose of this study was to analyze two synthetic cathinones, methylone and α-pvp, for hedonic properties or the potential to be abused. This was tested using an intracranial self-stimulation paradigm, a robust measurement for reward. It was found methylone resulted in an abuse potential similar to MDMA, ecstasy, abuse. Moreover, the results for α-pvp showed a high liability for abuse.
Drugs
Addiction
Abuse
Methylone
Alpha-PVP
Intracranial Self-stimulation
Synthetic Cathinones
Bath Salts
ICSS
Intracranial Self-Stimulation and the Abuse Potential of the Synthetic Cathinones: Methylone and α-PVP