Disruption of a drug-induced choice behavior by UV light

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 569-571

  Raffa, R B ^a,b   Dasrath, C S ^a   Brown, D R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Light dark choice; Planarians; UV light

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; TURBELLARIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COCAINE; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LIGHT; PLANARIANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 1442274638     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200311000-00010     Document Type: Article

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