Stimulus properties of the L-type calcium channel agonist BAY k 8644 in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 346-354

  De Beun, R ^a   Lohmann, A ^a   Kuhl, E ^a   Dalmus, M ^a   Schreiber, R ^a   De Vry, J ^a  

^a MEDA Manufacturing GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonists; Antagonists; BAY k 8644; Drug discrimination; Ethanol intake; L type calcium channels; Place preference; Stereoselectivity; Stimulus properties; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENANTIOMER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RAT; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0029842349     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199608000-00006     Document Type: Article

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