The effects of morphine on responding under variable-interval schedules: Rate-related effects, behavioral mechanisms and Herrnstein's hyperbola

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-347

  Lancaster, J S ^a   Dallery, J ^a,b  

^a Morris Brown College   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral mechanisms; Herrnstein's hyperbola; Morphine; Rat; Rate dependency

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0032697571     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199907000-00001     Document Type: Article

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