Effects of the calcium antagonist isradipine on cocaine intravenous self-administration in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 378-380

  Martellotta, M Cristina ^a   Kuzmin, Alexander ^b   Muglia, Pierandrea ^a   Luigi Gessa, Gian ^a   Fratta, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Calcium antagonists; Cocaine; Dopamine; Isradipine; Rat; Self administration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; COCAINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ISRADIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SELF MEDICATION; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMAL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISRADIPINE; MALE; RATS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028336720     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02245212     Document Type: Article

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