Effect of pentobarbital, d-amphetamine, and nicotine on two models of sustained attention in pigeons

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 391-398

  Lemmonds, Charlotte A ^a   Williams, Keith D ^a   Wenger, Galen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Nicotine; Pentobarbital; Pigeons; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PENTOBARBITAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0036389997     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1013-6     Document Type: Article

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