Rohypnol ('roofies') control of drug discrimination: Effect of coadministered ethanol or flumenazil

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-25

  Schechter, Martin D ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Flumenazil; Flunitrazepam; Generalization; Rats; Rohypnol; Time course

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031972744     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00309-2     Document Type: Article

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