Sleep-Deprived Mice Find Cocaine More Rewarding (IMAGE)

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Sleep-Deprived Mice Find Cocaine More Rewarding

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Sleep deprivation prior to cocaine conditioning induced preference for 3 mg and increased preference for 8 mg cocaine dose (left). Blocking orexin receptors prevented the sleep deprivation-induced increase in cocaine preference (right).

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Bjorness and Greene, eNeuro 2020.

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