Lack of effect of dopamine D2 blockade on ethanol intake in selected and unselected strains of rats

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-279

  Goodwin, Frances L W ^a   Koechling, Ulrike M ^a   Smith, Brian R ^a   Amit, Zalman ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol consumption; Maudsley Reactive rats; Pimozide

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; PIMOZIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0029997435     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0741-8329(95)02055-1     Document Type: Article

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