Discriminative stimulus properties of (-)ephedrine

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 771-775

  Young, Richard ^a   Glennon, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Caffeine; Cocaine; Designer drugs; Ephedrine; Herbal dietary supplements; M ethcathinone; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; COCAINE; EPHEDRINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPHEDRINE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031876026     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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