Nitric oxide synthase inhibition attenuates saccharin or ethanol reinforced responding in long-evans rats

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1411-1423

  Uzbay, I Tayfun ^a   Grewal, Jaswinder S ^b   Wallis, Cleatus J ^b   Dungan, Lynley F ^b   Lal, Harbans ^b,c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nitro indazole; Ethanol; Ethanol reinforcement; Feeding behavior; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Rat; Saccharin reinforcement

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032213187     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(98)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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