Nathyn A Thompson

Evaluation of training dose in male Sprague-Dawley rats trained to discriminate 4-methylmethcathinone.

Psychopharmacology November 2017 Michael D. Berquist, Nathyn A Thompson, Lisa E Baker

Although the synthetic cathinone 4-methylmethcathinone (4-MMC, mephedrone) has been a subject of intensive research investigation, the pharmacological mechanisms involved in its interoceptive stimulus effects have yet to be fully characterized. The present study employed drug discrimination methods in rats to compare the interoceptive stimulus properties of two different training doses of 4-MMC...