Heroin discriminative stimulus effects of methadone, LAAM and other isomers of acetylmethadol in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 108-114

  Newman, Jennifer L ^a   Vann, Robert E ^a   May, Everette L ^a   Beardsley, Patrick M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylmethadol isomers; Drug discrimination; Heroin; LAAM; Methadone; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLMETHADOL; ALPHA DEXTRO ACETYLMETHADOL; ALPHACETYLMETHADOL; BETA DEXTRO ACETYLMETHADOL; BETA LEVO ACETYLMETHADOL; BETA LEVO METHADOL; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; ISOMER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEROIN; MALE; METHADONE; METHADYL ACETATE; RATS; REACTION TIME; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0036399627     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1198-8     Document Type: Article

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