Effect of bromocriptine on acute ethanol tolerance in UChB rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Tampier, Lutske ^a   Prado, Cristian ^a   Quintanilla, Maria Elena ^a   Mardones, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BROMOCRIPTINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TILTING;

EID: 0032877169     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556219971524     Document Type: Article

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