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In rats trained to eat during a five-hour daily period, cocaine (10, 15, and 25 mg/kg) depressed food intake. The anorexia was seen during the 1st h only, with no effect on total food intake.
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This work was taken in part from a thesis submitted by DCB in 1976, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Dep't of Psychology, SUNY —Binghamton
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Balopole, D.C., Hansult, C.D. & Dorph, D. Effect of cocaine on food intake in rats. Psychopharmacology 64, 121–122 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427356
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427356