The pharmacology of impulsive behaviour in rats III: The effects of amphetamine, haloperidol, imipramine, chlordiazepoxide and ethanol on a paced fixed consecutive number schedule

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 295-304

  Evenden, John L ^a,b  

^a Research and Development at Scania Technical Centre   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Chloridazepoxide; Ethanol; Haloperidol; Imipramine; Impulsivity; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMPULSIVENESS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; ETHANOL; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031928465     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050674     Document Type: Article

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