Voluntary ethanol intake in the rat: Effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor blockade or subchronic nicotine treatment

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-267

  Blomqvist, Ola ^a   Ericson, Mia ^a   Johnson, Daniel H ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Preference; Rat; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXAMETHONIUM; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARGYLINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030608347     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00583-3     Document Type: Article

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