Discriminative stimulus effects of the benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist bretazenil in pigeons and in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-77

  Acri, J B ^a,d   Serdikoff, S L ^a,b   Witkin, J M ^a   Sannerud, C A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Drug Enforcement Administration   (United States)

^d NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Bretazenil; Diazepam insensitive receptor subtype; Drug discrimination; GABA(A); Partial agonists; Pigeon; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRETAZENIL; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; PARTIAL AGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

EID: 0030033404     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199601000-00007     Document Type: Article

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