Effects of GABAA modulators on the repeated acquisition of response sequences in squirrel monkeys

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-56

  Campbell, Una C ^a,b   Winsauer, Peter J ^a,d   Stevenson, Michael W ^a,c   Moerschbaecher, Joseph M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Key press; Learning; Repeated acquisition; Squirrel monkeys

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744352049     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-37     Document Type: Article

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