“…A number of studies have established that exposure to a variety of stressors, including uncontrollable EFS, facilitates the acquisition of cocaine SA by rats (see eg Goeders and Guerin, 1994;Haney et al, 1995;Miczek and Mutschler, 1996;Ramsey and Van Ree, 1993;Campbell and Carroll, 2001;Kosten et al, 2000;Schenk et al, 1987) and reinstates extinguished cocaine-seeking behavior (Erb et al, 1996;Ahmed and Koob, 1997;Mantsch and Goeders, 1999a;Shalev et al, 2003). Our finding that daily EFS delivered across a period of ongoing SA escalates cocaine intake after acquisition has occurred extends these findings and is consistent with reports that food deprivation elevates postacquisition cocaine SA (Carroll, 1985) and that repeated social-defeat stress extends the duration of SA and increases the cumulative amount of cocaine self-administered by rats during unlimited-access 'binges' (Covington and Miczek, 2001).…”