The novel anticonvulsant, gabapentin, protects against both convulsant and anxiogenic aspects of the ethanol withdrawal syndrome

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1369-1375

  Watson, W P ^a   Robinson, E ^b   Little, H J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol withdrawal; Anticonvulsant; Anxiolytic; Gabapentin

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030782289     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(97)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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