Ethanol induces impulsive-like responding in a delay-of-reward operant choice procedure: Impulsivity predicts autoshaping

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 376-382

  Tomie, A ^a   Aguado, A S ^a   Pohorecky, L A ^a   Benjamin, D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoshaping; Delay of reward; Drug abuse; Ethanol; Impulsivity; Individual difference; Rat; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD;

EID: 0031670019     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050728     Document Type: Article

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