Inhaled toluene vapor as a discriminative stimulus

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-229

  Shelton, Keith L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Ethylbenzene; Inhalant; Isoflurane; Mouse; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE; ISOFLURANE; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; INHALATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAPOR;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TOLUENE;

EID: 34247250288     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328157f460     Document Type: Article

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