Investigation of hallucinogenic and related β-carbolines

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-107

  Grella, Brian ^a   Dukat, Malgorzata ^a   Young, Richard ^a   Teitler, Milt ^b   Herrick Davis, Katharine ^b   Gauthier, Colleen B ^b   Glennon, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbolines; 5 HT2; Drug discrimination; Hallucinogens; Harmaline; Harmine; Receptors; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BETA CARBOLINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REINFORCEMENT;

2,5-DIMETHOXY-4-METHYLAMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CARBOLINES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HALLUCINOGENS; HARMALINE; HARMINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032052833     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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