Effect of nicotine on apomorphine-induced licking behaviour in rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-238

  Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^a   Shekarchi, Mahtab ^a   Rezayat, Mehdi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Cholinergic antagonists; Licking; Nicotine; Nicotinic antagonists; Rats

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; ATROPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032966017     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(98)00027-3     Document Type: Article

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