Antagonism of AND and AND-OR drug mixture discriminations in rats

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-34

  Mariathasan, E A ^a   Stolerman, I P ^a   White, J A W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Flumazenil; Mecamylamine; Midazolam; Nicotine; Rats

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; MECAMYLAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; MECAMYLAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MOTIVATION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031561792     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(96)01318-X     Document Type: Article

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