Effects of psychotropic drugs on rat responding in an operant paradigm involving choice between delayed reinforcers

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-157

  Charrier, D ^a   Thiebot M H ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

5 HT(1A); amphetamine; benzodiazepines; delay of reward; operant behaviour; rat; receptor agonists; serotonin reuptake inhibitors; waiting capacity

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 8 [2 [(2,3 DIHYDRO 1,4 BENZODIOXIN 2 YL)METHYLAMINO]ETHYL] 8 AZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 7,9 DIONE MESYLATE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUSPIRONE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIAZEPAM; INDALPINE; PARTIAL AGONIST; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; ZIMELDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0342288082     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02114-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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