Abstract

Seven rats lever pressed under a progressive ratio 3 (PR 3) schedule of food presentation; the number of responses per reinforcer systematically increased during each session. Break point (i.e., the number of responses in the last completed ratio before session termination) was measured under daily methadone (4.5 mg/kg and 3.0 mg/kg) or buprenorphine (0.3 mg/kg) administered prior to experimental sessions. Both drugs initially eliminated rats' food-maintained progressive-ratio responding. Break points during chronic methadone did not return to baseline levels after 80 drug sessions and a dose reduction. In contrast, break points during chronic buprenorphine administration were considerably above baseline control levels for two rats and returned to baseline levels for the third.

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