Alcohol drinking is reduced by a μ1- but not by a δ-opioid receptor antagonist in alcohol-preferring rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Honkanen, Aapo ^a,b   Vilamo, Laura ^b   Wegelius, Katri ^b   Sarviharju, Maija ^b   Hyytiä, Petri ^b   Korpi, Esa R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Alko Inc   (Finland)

Author keywords

alcohol drinking; food intake; reinforcement; selected rat line; opioid receptor; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; NALOXONAZINE; NALTRINDOLE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PREFERENCE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030598634     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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