Pavlovian drug discrimination with bupropion as a feature positive occasion setter: Substitution by methamphetamine and nicotine, but not cocaine

Addiction Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-173

  Wilkinson, Jamie L ^a   Li, Chia ^a   Bevins, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Pavlovian conditioning; Pharmacotherapy; Stimulant use disorder; Wellbutrin; Zyban

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EFFICACY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOKING CESSATION;

BUPROPION; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; NICOTINE; PERITONEUM;

EID: 61849116376     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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