Effects of heroin/cocaine combinations in rats trained to discriminate heroin or cocaine from saline

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-364

  Lamas, Xavier ^a   Negus, S Stevens ^a   Gatch, Michael B ^a   Mello, Nancy K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug discrimination; Heroin; Rats

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUPENTHIXOL; HEROIN; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032100509     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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