Pharmacological and physiological effects of ginseng on actions induced by opioids and psychostimulants

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Takahashi, Masakatsu ^a   Tokuyama, Shogo ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Cocaine; Conditioned place preference; Dependence; Ginseng; Methamphetamine; Morphine; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MAJONOSIDE R2; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OPIATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NARCOTICS; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STRESS;

EID: 0031967589     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1998.20.1.485635     Document Type: Review

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