Self-administration of drug mixtures by monkeys: Combining drugs with comparable mechanisms of action

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-582

  Woolverton, W L ^a,d   Wang, Zhixia ^a,d   Vasterling, Theresa ^a,d   Carroll, F Ivy ^b   Tallarida, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity; Dopamine uptake blocker; Drug abuse; Drug mixture; Isobologram; Opioid; Rhesus monkey; Self administration

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; ALFENTANIL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PIPERIDINES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 43049122775     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0991-9     Document Type: Article

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