Narcotic effects produced by nitrous oxide and hyperbaric nitrogen narcosis in rats performing a fixed-ratio test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-325

  Turle Lorenzo, Nathalie ^a   Zouani, Boualem ^a   Risso, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a IMNSSA   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Hyperbaric nitrogen; Narcosis; Nitrous oxide; Rats

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEHAVIOR; DIVER; GAS POISONING; HYPERBARISM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032837891     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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