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First, we compared almorexant to the GABA metabolite \u03b3-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), which is clinically used as a sleep-inducing drug and which is associated with mild abuse liability. Whereas conditioning with GHB induced significant place preference, conditioning with almorexant did not. Second, we tested the potential of almorexant to interfere with the conditioned rewarding or locomotor sensitizing effects related to psychostimulants or opiates. Almorexant attenuated the expression of CPP to high doses of cocaine (15 mg\/kg) and d.l-amphetamine (2 mg\/kg), but not to high dose of morphine (10 mg\/kg). Conversely, almorexant interfered with the expression of locomotor sensitization to morphine, but not with that to cocaine and d.l-amphetamine. Third, we observed that chronic almorexant (12 d) treatment in morphine, cocaine or amphetamine pre-conditioned and locomotor-sensitized rats had no influence on the maintenance of CPP and locomotor sensitization when tested after almorexant washout. 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