Chronic l-alpha acetylmethadol in rhesus monkeys: discriminative stimulus and other behavioral measures of dependence and withdrawal

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1029-1037

  Brandt, Michael ^a   France, Charles ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ALPHACETYLMETHADOL; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; QUADAZOCINE; ACETYLMETHADOL; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACACA; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACACA MULATTA; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHADYL ACETATE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032247939     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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