Discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine in female versus male rats

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  Craft, Rebecca M ^a   Stratmann, Julie A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug discrimination; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

4 [ALPHA (4 ALLYL 2,5 DIMETHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL) 3 HYDROXYBENZYL] N,N DIETHYLBENZAMIDE; COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; FLUPHENAZINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030246922     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(96)01259-8     Document Type: Article

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