Discriminative stimulus properties of ethanol in rats: Studies on the role of nitric oxide

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-612

  Koros, Eliza ^a   Kostowski, Wojciech ^a,b   Bienkowski, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drug discrimination; Ethanol; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ALCOHOL; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; INDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033024928     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00201-9     Document Type: Article

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