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Nicotine-, tobacco particulate matter- and methamphetamine-produced locomotor sensitisation in rats

Abstract

Repeated nicotine exposure produces a weak and transient sensitised locomotor response in rats. Since tobacco smoke contains thousands of non-nicotine chemical constituents, these could alter the sensitised response.

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