Modification of ethanol's reinforcing effectiveness in rhesus monkeys by cocaine, flunitrazepam, or gamma-hydroxybutyrate

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-598

  Winger, Gail ^a   Galuska, Chad M ^a   Hursh, Steven R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol drug combinations; Reinforcing effectiveness; Rhesus monkeys

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; COCAINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34447617043     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0809-9     Document Type: Article

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