Chronic acamprosate eliminates the alcohol deprivation effect while having limited effects on baseline responding for ethanol in rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Heyser, Charles J ^a   Schulteis, Gery ^a   Durbin, Philippe ^b   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Centre de Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Acamprosate; Alcohol deprivation effect; Ethanol; Relapse; Self administration

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAPSE;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TAURINE;

EID: 0032007883     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(97)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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