Pavlovian extinction of the discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine and ethanol in rats varies as a function of context

Psychological Record

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-212

  Troisi II, Joseph R ^a  

^a SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue exposure; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Extinction; Interoceptive extinction; Nicotine; Pavlovian extinction; Pavlovian operant interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955749321     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395756     Document Type: Article

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