Choice maintained by cocaine or food in monkeys: Effects of varying probability of reinforcement

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Woolverton, William L ^a   Rowlett, James K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Cocaine; Matching; Maximizing; Probability; Rhesus monkey; Self administration

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MODEL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FOOD; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NARCOTICS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031873074     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050651     Document Type: Article

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