Drug-induced conditioned place preference and aversion in mice

Christopher L. Cunningham; Christina M. Gremel; Peter A. Groblewski

doi:10.1038/nprot.2006.279

Drug-induced conditioned place preference and aversion in mice

Christopher L. Cunningham
, Christina M. Gremel
, Peter A. Groblewski

Behavioral Neuroscience

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Abstract

This protocol describes the equipment and methods used to establish conditioned place preference (CPP) or aversion (CPA). Place conditioning is a form of Pavlovian conditioning routinely used to measure the rewarding or aversive motivational effects of objects or experiences (e.g., abused drugs). Here, we present a place conditioning procedure that has been used extensively to study the motivational effects of ethanol and other abused drugs in mice. This protocol involves three phases: (i) habituation (or a pretest), (ii) conditioning of an association between the drug and a tactile or visual stimulus and (iii) a test that offers a choice between the drug-associated cue and a neutral cue. If the drug has motivational significance, mice will spend significantly more time (CPP) or less time (CPA) in proximity to the drug-associated cue. Potential problems in the design and interpretation of place conditioning studies are discussed. A typical experiment lasts 2 weeks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1662-1670
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature protocols
Volume	1
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.279
State	Published - Nov 2006

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We thank Laura Summers Bax for assistance in data collection. We also thank the many research assistants, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who contributed to the evolution of our place conditioning model over the last 18 years. Development of this protocol was supported by NIH-NIAAA grants AA007702, AA010760, AA007468 and AA016041.

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NIAAA/NIH	AA010760, AA007468, AA007702, AA016041
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	P50AA010760

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