Pentobarbital, diazepam and phencyclidine disrupt delayed matching performance: Interactions with picrotoxin in pigeons and squirrel monkeys

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-394

  Wenger, G R ^a   Hudzik, T ^a   Moore, E ^a   Wright, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Matching to sample; Pentobarbital; Phencyclidine; Picrotoxin; Pigeon; Squirrel monkey; Titrating matching to sample

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DRUG RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE; PICROTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029793748     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199608000-00010     Document Type: Article

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