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. 2009 Oct;331(1):142–152. doi: 10.1124/jpet.109.156810

TABLE 1.

Mean (± S.E.M.) potency (ED50, mg/kg) for test drugs to produce 50% ethanol-appropriate responding in male and female cynomolgus monkeys trained to discriminate 1.0 or 2.0 g/kg ethanol

The number of monkeys for whom it was possible to calculate an ED50 is shown in parentheses.

Test Drug 1.0 g/kg Ethanol Training
2.0 g/kg Ethanol Training
Females, n = 4 Males, n = 6 Females, n = 4 Males, n = 3
Ethanol a 455 ± 48 (4) 511 ± 79 (6) 919 ± 24 (4) 964 ± 18 (3)
Pentobarbital a 2.66 ± 0.19 (4) 3.12 ± 0.34 (6) 3.88 ± 0.50 (4) 4.70 ± 1.07 (3)
Midazolam 2.10 ± 0.82 (4) 1.25 ± 0.44 (2) 3.11 ± 1.18 (4) 1.49 (1)
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Main effect of training dose.