Self-administration of cocaine-remifentanil mixtures by monkeys: An isobolographic analysis

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-394

  Woolverton, W L ^a   Wang, Zhixia ^a,c   Vasterling, Theresa ^a,c   Tallarida, Ronald ^b,c  

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

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity; Cocaine; Drug abuse; Drug mixture; Isobologram; Monkey; Opioid; Self administration

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; REMIFENTANIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PIPERIDINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 44249121445     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1152-5     Document Type: Article

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