Inhibitory effects of ginseng total saponin on nicotine-induced hyperactivity, reverse tolerance and dopamine receptor supersensitivity

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Kim, Hack Seang ^a   Kim, Kil Soon ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dopamine receptor supersensitivity; Ginseng total saponin (GTS); Hyperactivity; Nicotine; Reverse tolerance

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GINSENG SAPONIN; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 0032858119     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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