Effects of ventral tegmental microinjections of the GABAA agonist muscimol on self-administration of ethanol and sucrose

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 971-977

  Hodge, Clyde W ^a   Haraguchi, Miki ^a,b   Chappelle, Ann M ^a   Samson, Herman H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Gabaa; Muscimol; Rats; Reinforcement; Self administration; Sucrose; Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; MUSCIMOL; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUCROSE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029926457     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02146-9     Document Type: Article

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