Calcium antagonists isradipine and nimodipine suppress cocaine and morphine intravenous self-administration in drug-naive mice

Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 497-500

  Kuzmin, Alexander ^a   Zvartau, Edvin ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^b   Martellotta, M Cristina ^b   Fratta, Walter ^b  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Isradipine; Morphine; Nimodipine; Self administration by naive mice

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; ISRADIPINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SELF MEDICATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COCAINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; DOPAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISRADIPINE; MICE; MORPHINE; NIMODIPINE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026511390     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(92)90363-K     Document Type: Article

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