The calcium channel agonist BAY k 8644 reduces ethanol intake and preference in alcohol preferring AA rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 302-310

  De Beun, René ^a   Schneider, Renate ^a   Klein, Angelika ^a   Lohmann, Annette ^a   Schreiber, Rudy ^a   De Vry, Jean ^a  

^a Institute for Neurobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

AA rats; Antagonism; BAY k 8644; Dihydropyridines; Ethanol intake; L type calcium channels; Nimodipine; Stereoselectivity; Subchronic

Indexed keywords

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

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PREFERENCE; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INBRED STRAIN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NIMODIPINE; RATS; STEREOISOMERISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029974072     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050090     Document Type: Article

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