Multiple variable interval schedule behaviour in humans: Effects of ethanol, mood, and reinforcer size on responding maintained by monetary reinforcement

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 619-630

  Glautier, S ^a,b   Bankart, J ^b   Rigney, U ^b   Willner, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethanol; Human; Matching Law; Mood; Operant behavior; Reinforcement; Reward; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; MOOD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0031773869     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199811000-00017     Document Type: Article

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