Reinforcement frequency, but not gender, determines sensitivity to discriminative stimulus effects of morphine

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Craft, P M ^a   Morgan, C L ^a   Bernal, S A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Morphine; Rat; Sex differences; Variable interval

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 15144349700     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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