Ethanol-like discriminative stimulus effects of the neurosteroid 3α-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one in female Macaca fascicularis monkeys

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 340-346

  Grant, Kathleen A ^a   Azarov, Alexey ^a   Bowen, Carrie A ^a   Mirkis, Serene ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 5 pregnan 20 one; drug discrimination; ethanol; monkeys; neuroactive steroids; neurosteroids; pentobarbital

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; MORPHINE; NEUROSTEROID; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0029935508     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247439     Document Type: Article

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