Assessing Unit-Price Related Remifentanil Choice in Rhesus Monkeys.
Given a commodity available at different prices, a unit-price account of choice predicts preference for the cheaper alternative. This experiment determined if rhesus monkeys preferred remifentanil (an ultra-short-acting μ-opioid agonist) delivered at a lower unit price over a higher-priced remifenta...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 86; no. 2; pp. 181 - 196 |
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Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
September 2006
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