Repeated administration of ephedrine induces behavioral sensitization in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Miller, Dennis K ^a   McMahon, Lance R ^a   Green, Thomas A ^a   Nation, Jack R ^a   Wellman, Paul J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Ephedrine; Locomotion; Rat; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG CROSS TOLERANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPHEDRINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0031727330     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050738     Document Type: Article

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