Effects of acute and chronic flunitrazepam on delay discounting in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-174

  Eppolito, Amy K ^a   France, Charles P ^a   Gerak, Lisa R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Fixed delays; Flunitrazepam; Key peck; Pigeons; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECT; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FLUNITRAZEPAM; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960379494     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2011.95-163     Document Type: Article

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