Psychoactive drugs administration

Stimulants are a class of psychoactive medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents and narcolepsy. A hst of available stimulants is shown in Table 6-1. 

The administration of drugs in an IVSA paradigm is not under control of the investigator but relies on the rat s behavior to self-administer psychoactive drugs or drug candidates (Fig. 15.2). 

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