Discriminative stimulus properties of the nicotine agonist cytisine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-264

  Chandler, C J ^a,b   Stolerman, I P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cytisine; Drug discrimination; Mecamylamine; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CYTISINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PARTIAL AGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALKALOIDS; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; AZOCINES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; QUINOLIZINES; RATS;

EID: 0031059781     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050188     Document Type: Article

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