Naloxone potentiates the disruptive effects of mescaline on operant responding in the rat
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior October 1, 1980 Randall L. Commissaris, K.E. Moore, Richard H. Rech 8 citations
Food-deprived male rats were trained to press a lever on a fixed ratio-40 (FR-40) operant schedule for food reinforcement. Administration of mescaline (4.0--10.0 mg/kg) immediately before the start of the operant session resulted in a cessation of responding for some portion of the 40-min period ("hallucinatory pause"). The duration of this pause was found to be dose-dependent. Although...