Effects of the NMDA antagonist memantine on human methamphetamine discrimination

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 376-384

  Hart, Carl L ^a   Haney, Margaret ^a   Foltin, Richard W ^a   Fischman, Marian W ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Discriminative stimulus; Human; Memantine; Methamphetamine; NMDA; Performance; Stimulant; Subjective effects

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; MEMANTINE; MENTAL RECALL; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0036449515     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1225-9     Document Type: Article

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