The influence of opioid antagonists on the discriminative stimulus effects of ethanol

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 645-649

  Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discriminative stimulus; Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Opioid antagonists

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYPRODIME; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0030219710     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02288-0     Document Type: Article

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