Effects of acute and chronic morphine on delay discounting in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-289

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

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio

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

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Key peck; Morphine; Pigeon; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881653081     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.25     Document Type: Article

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