Amphetamine and fenfluramine suppress ethanol intake in ethanol- dependent rats

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Yu, Yi Lung ^a   Fisher, Hans ^a   Sekowski, Anna ^a   Wagner, George C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol preference; Amphetamine; Dopamine; Fenfluramine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; DIET; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRINKING; FENFLURAMINE; MALE; RATS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0031035229     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(96)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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