Discriminative stimulus function of ethanol: Role of GABA(A) receptors in the nucleus accumbens

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1221-1228

  Hodge, Clyde W ^a   Aiken, Amy S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Discriminative Stimulus; Drug Discrimination; Ethanol Discrimination; GABA(A)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BICUCULLINE; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCIMOL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029859534     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01116.x     Document Type: Article

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