Ethanol's effects on operant responding: Differentiating reinforcement efficacy and motor performance

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Petry, Nancy M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Lever press; Matching law; Motor performance; Rats; Reinforcement; Response rates; Variable interval schedule

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0031802799     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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