Drug discrimination under a concurrent schedule

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-512

  Snodgrass, Samuel H ^a   Mcmillan, D E ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Concurrent schedule; Drug discrimination; Graded versus quantal dose response curve; Key peck; Matching law; Pentobarbital; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030138346     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-495     Document Type: Article

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