Discrimination of gamma-hydroxybutyrate and ethanol administered separately and as a mixture in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-41

  Metcalf, Brian R ^a   Stahl, Jeanne M ^b   Allen, Joseph D ^c   Woolfolk, Dedra R ^b   Soto, Paul L ^b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Morris Brown College   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross generalization; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Fixed ratio; GABA; Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB); Long evans hooded rats; Mixture

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID ANTAGONIST; ALCOHOL; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NCS 382; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SODIUM OXYBATE;

EID: 0034873248     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00579-2     Document Type: Article

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