Drug discrimination in pigeons trained to discriminate among morphine, U50488, a combination of these drugs, and saline

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 468-479

  Wessinger, William D ^a   Li, Mi ^a   McMillan, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

butorphanol; D,L pentazocine; drug combination tests; drug combination training; ethylketocyclazocine; fixed interval; fixed ratio; four key drug discrimination; morphine; naltrexone; pentobarbital; pigeon; U50488

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; BUTORPHANOL; ETHYLKETAZOCINE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; PENTAZOCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON;

3,4-DICHLORO-N-METHYL-N-(2-(1-PYRROLIDINYL)-CYCLOHEXYL)-BENZENEACETAMIDE, (TRANS)-ISOMER; ANIMALS; BUTORPHANOL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLKETOCYCLAZOCINE; MALE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PENTAZOCINE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 80051952517     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328349ab6c     Document Type: Article

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