The pharmacology of impulsive behaviour in rats V: The effects of drugs on responding under a discrimination task using unreliable visual stimuli

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Evenden, John ^a,b  

^a Research and Development at Scania Technical Centre   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clomipramine; D Amphetamine; Desipramine; Impulsivity; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; METERGOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; IMPULSIVENESS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032919932     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050926     Document Type: Article

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