Desflurane, enflurane, and isoflurane and ether produce ethanol-like discriminative stimulus effects in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Bowen, Scott E ^a   Balster, Robert L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desflurane; Drug discrimination; Enflurane; Ethanol; Ether; Inhalant abuse; Isoflurane; Mice; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; ETHER; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD INTAKE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENFLURANE; ETHANOL; ETHER, ETHYL; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031004194     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00308-5     Document Type: Article

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