Buspirone as an inhibitor of voluntary ethanol intake in male rats

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Hedlund, Lars ^a   Wahlström, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUSPIRONE; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0029918115     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008126     Document Type: Article

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