Isradipine and Other Calcium Channel Antagonists Attenuate Ethanol Consumption in Ethanol‐Preferring Rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 449-452

  Fadda, F ^a   Garau, B ^a   Colombo, G ^a   Gessa, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium Channel Antagonists; Ethanol; Ethanol Preference; Isradipine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DARODIPINE; ISRADIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; ISRADIPINE; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0026776554     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1992.tb01398.x     Document Type: Article

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