Acute and long term effects of buspirone treatments on voluntary ethanol intake in a rat model of alcoholism

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 822-827

  Hedlund, Lars ^a   Wahlström, Göran ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buspirone; Ethanol; Psychological Dependence; Rats; Voluntary Intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUSPIRONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DRUG TOLERANCE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032992290     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04189.x     Document Type: Article

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