Pentobarbital discrimination and generalization to other drugs under multiple fixed-ratio fixed-interval schedules

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-293

  McMillan, D E ^a   Hardwick, W C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Fixed interval schedules; Fixed ratio schedules; Generalization curves; Pigeons; Schedule control; Schedule parameters

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIAZEPAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

EID: 0029992980     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199605000-00009     Document Type: Article

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