Increasing the selectivity of the discriminative stimulus effects of Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol: Complete substitution with methanandamide

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-437

  Alici, Tevfik ^a   Appel, James B ^a  

^a Univ S Carolina Columbia S   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); (R) methanandamide; Anandamide; Drug discrimination; Drug other; Morphine; Pentobarbital; Phencyclidine (PCP)

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; DIAZEPAM; DRONABINOL; DRUG VEHICLE; METHANANDAMIDE; MORPHINE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9644277206     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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