Effects of phentermine and fenfluramine on alcohol consumption and alcohol withdrawal seizures in rats

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Halladay, A K ^a   Fisher, H ^a   Wagner, G C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dopamine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; FENFLURAMINE; PHENTERMINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIET; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; SEIZURE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EATING; FENFLURAMINE; MALE; PHENTERMINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033966196     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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