Generation of stable test atmospheres of cocaine base and its pyrolyzate, methylecgonidine, and demonstration of their biological activity

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Wood, Ronald W ^a,b   Graefe, John F ^a   Fang, Ching Ping ^a   Shojaie, Jalil ^a   Chen, Lung Chi ^a   Willetts, Joyce ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Anhydroecgonine methyl ester; Body temperature; Bradycardia; Bronchoconstriction; Cardiovascular; Condensation aerosols; Crack; Gasoline; Heart rate; Methylecgonidine; Squirrel monkeys

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHYLECGONIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; COCAINE; CRACK COCAINE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; NARCOTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SAIMIRI; SYRINGES;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030272234     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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