Discriminative stimulus effects of glutamate release inhibitors in rats trained to discriminate ethanol

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 691-695

  Hundt, Wolfgang ^a   Hölter, Sabine M ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Glutamate release inhibitors; Lamotrigine; Rats; Riluzole

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LAMOTRIGINE; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RILUZOLE; TRIAZINES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032031746     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00463-2     Document Type: Article

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