Failure of baclofen to modulate discriminative-stimulus effects of cocaine or methamphetamine in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-174

  Munzar, Patrik ^a   Kutkat, Scott W ^a   Miller, Cori R ^a   Goldberg, Steven R ^a  

^a Intramural Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

(Rat); Baclofen; Cocaine; Drug discrimination; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; COCAINE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034680897     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00772-X     Document Type: Article

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