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  • Swerdlow, N. R., Vaccarino, F. J., Amalric, M., Koob, G. F. The neural substrates for the motor-activating properties of psychostimulants - a review of recent findings Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1986 25:233-248  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(86)90261-3  PMID:2875470
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Amalric, M., Swerdlow, N. R., Koob, G. F. Blockade of amphetamine but not opiate-induced locomotion following antagonism of dopamine function in the rat Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1986 24:61-65  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(86)90045-6  PMID:3080760
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Koob, G. F. Accumbens cholecystokinin attenuation of brain stimulation reward in the ventral tegmental area Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences  1985 448:669-670  DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb29983.x
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Bloom, F. E., Koob, G. F. Blockade of nucleus accumbens opiate receptors attenuates intravenous heroin reward in the rat Psychopharmacology  1985 86:37-42  DOI:10.1007/bf00431681  PMID:2991967
  • Swerdlow, N. R., Lee, D., Koob, G. F., Vaccarino, F. J. Effects of chronic dietary lithium on behavioral indexes of dopamine denervation supersensitivity in the rat Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  1985 235:324-329  PMID:3932641
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Pettit, H. O., Bloom, F. E., Koob, G. F. Effects of intracerebroventricular administration of methyl naloxonium chloride on heroin self-administration in the rat Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1985 23:495-498  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(85)90027-9
  • Swerdlow, N. R., Vaccarino, F. J., Koob, G. F. Effects of naloxone on heroin-stimulated amphetamine-stimulated and caffeine-stimulated locomotor-activity in the rat Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1985 23:499-501  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(85)90028-0  PMID:4048244
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Bloom, F. E., Rivier, J., Vale, W., Koob, G. F. Stimulation of food-intake in rats by centrally administered hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing factor Nature  1985 314:167-168  DOI:10.1038/314167a0  PMID:3919314
  • Vaccarino, F. J., Koob, G. F. Microinjections of nanogram amounts of sulfated cholecystokinin octapeptide into the rat nucleus accumbens attenuates brain-stimulation reward Neuroscience Letters  1984 52:61-66  DOI:10.1016/0304-3940(84)90351-3  PMID:6098878