title: Behavioral tolerance to flurazepam.
abstract: Rats were trained to earn 180 food pellets in daily, fixed-interval 1-min sessions. When performance had stabilized, a Before group was given a weekly 16 mg/kg flurazepam injection IP for 3 weeks immediately before the sessions, while an After group received their weekly injections immediately after the sessions. Then, the After group received 3 such weekly injections before the sessions. Behavioral tolerance developed by the 2nd flurazepam injection for the Before group, but for the After group, the 3 postsession flurazepam injections resulted in subsequent tolerance to presession flurazepam injection for session lever presses, but not for the time taken to earn 180 pellets. Dispositional tolerance to the serum elimination rate of flurazepam did not develop over the course of 3 injections. Behavioral suppression still evident in the initial portion of sessions with the 2nd and 3rd presession injection coincided with the duration of rising and high levels of serum flurazepam.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology--Busch, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dolan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005479:Flurazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D005479:Flurazepam