Opposite effects of ethanol and nitrendipine on nicotine-induced emesis and convulsions

Alcohol

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 215-219

  Samardzic, Ranka ^a   Bajcetic, Milica ^a   Beleslin, Dusan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brain; Calcium channels; Convulsions; Emesis; Ethanol; Intracerebrove ntricular injections; Nicotine; Nitrendipine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL; IONOPHORE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRENDIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONVULSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; VOMITING;

EID: 0032808097     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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