The discriminative stimulus effects of muscimol in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-347

  Grech, Doreen M ^a,b   Balster, Robert L ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Bicuculline; Drug discrimination; GABA (gamma aminobutyric acid); Midazolam; Muscimol; Pentobarbital; Phencyclidine; Rats; THIP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GABOXADOL; MIDAZOLAM; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SMELL;

EID: 0031044587     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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