Effects of psychoactive drugs on temporal discrimination in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 293-308

  Bizot, J C ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES DU BOUCHET   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antidepressant; Benzodiazepine; Dopamine; Memory; Rat; Timing behaviour

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BUSPIRONE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; MIANSERIN; NICOTINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PIRACETAM; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; NICOTINE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCOPOLAMINE;

EID: 0030867006     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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