Dopaminergic and serotonergic alterations in the rat brain during ethanol withdrawal: Association with behavioral signs

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Uzbay, I T ^a   Usanmaz, S E ^b   Tapanyigit, E E ^c   Aynacioglu, S ^c   Akarsu, E S ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Ethanol withdrawal; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTYPY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0031794972     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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