Evidence that GABAa but not GABAB receptor activation in the dorsal raphe nucleus modulates ethanol intake in Wistar rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-93

  Tomkins, D M ^a   Fletcher, P J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Bicuculline; Dorsal raphe; Ethanol; GABA; Muscimol; Rat; THIP

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GABOXADOL; MUSCIMOL; N TERT BUTYL 3 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 2 PHENYLPROPIONAMIDE; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FLUID INTAKE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029671329     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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