Strategies for understanding the pharmacological effects of ethanol with drug discrimination procedures

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Grant, Kathleen A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Asymmetrical generalizations; Conditional discrimination; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Overshadowing; Stimulus complex

Indexed keywords

4 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL) 7 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPYRROLO[1,2 A]QUINOXALINE; 5 METHOXY 3 (1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 4 PYRIDYL) 1H INDOLE; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BARBITAL; DIZOCILPINE; FLUMAZENIL; MECAMYLAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; WATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; HUMANS;

EID: 0032869313     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00075-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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