Short-acting NMDA receptor antagonist MRZ 2/576 produces, prolonged suppression of morphine withdrawal in mice

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 361, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-282

  Belozertseva, Irina V ^a   Danysz, Wojciech ^b   Bespalov, Anton Y ^a  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dependence; Jumping test; Mice; Morphine; MRZ 2 576

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 4 HYDROXY 1 OXO 1,2 DIHYDROPYRIDALIONO[4,5 B]QUINOLINE 5 OXIDE CHOLINE; MORPHINE; MRZ 2576; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NALTREXONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; JUMPING; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PHTHALAZINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 0033969686     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002109900179     Document Type: Article

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