Cocaine discrimination and time-course effects in male and female Wistar rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Anderson, Karen G ^a   Van Haaren, Frans ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(Rat, female); (Rat, male); Cocaine discrimination; Generalization gradient; Lever press; Time course

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032867554     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00597-X     Document Type: Article

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