Nicotine vs. Ethanol Discrimination: Extinction and Spontaneous Recovery of Responding

Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-123

  Troisi II, Joseph R ^a  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Context renewal; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Extinction; History effects; Nicotine; Rats; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141837833     PISSN: 1053881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02688829     Document Type: Article

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