Taurine blocks the glutamate increase in the nucleus accumbens microdialysate of ethanol-dependent rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 345-350

  Dahchour, Abdelkader ^a   De Witte, Philippe ^a  

^a Univ Cathol L   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Ethanol withdrawal; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Taurine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DRUG EFFECT; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TAURINE;

EID: 0033953660     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00197-5     Document Type: Article

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