Cocaine and food deprivation: Effects on food-reinforced fixed-ratio performance in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-158

  Hughes, Christine E ^a,b   Pitts, Raymond C ^a,b   Branch, Marc N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral tolerance; Cocaine; Deprivation level; Fixed ratio schedule; Key peck; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0029688122     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-145     Document Type: Article

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