Estimating the relative reinforcing strength of (±)-3,4- methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and its isomers in rhesus monkeys: Comparison to (+)-methamphetamine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-488

  Wang, Zhixia ^a   Woolverton, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3,4 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; Dopamine; Drug abuse; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Monkey; Monoamine; Reinforcement; Self administration; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BRAIN MONOAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ISOMER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOMERISM; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33751249319     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0599-5     Document Type: Article

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