Baclofen suppression of cocaine self-administration: Demonstration using a discrete trials procedure

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-277

  Roberts, David C S ^a   Andrews, Monique M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Cocaine; Discrete trials procedure; GABA; Self administration

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; COCAINE;

ABSTINENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCAINE; EATING; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030740052     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050293     Document Type: Article

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