Discriminative stimulus effects of nitrous oxide in mice: comparison with volatile hydrocarbons and vapor anesthetics.
Behavioural Pharmacology February 1, 2014 Kellianne J. Richardson, Keith L Shelton
The abuse-related behavioral effects produced by nitrous oxide (N₂O) gas have been suggested as being unique compared with other abused inhalants. The drug discrimination paradigm in animals can be used to study subjective effects of drugs in humans and to test this hypothesis. The goals of the present experiment were to establish N₂O discrimination in mice and to compare its discriminative...