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Chronic ensemble recording techniques were used to investigate neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens in freely moving rats during different cocaine self-administration schedules. The issue of concern in this study was the role of nucleus accumbens in initiating and sustaining cocaine self-administration. Specifically, to determine the nature of the neuronal activity, either motor or motivational,...