Mechanism of the antialcohol effect of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-276

  Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a,b,c   Agabio, Roberta ^a   Carai, Mauro A M ^a,c   Lobina, Carla ^a,c   Pani, Marialaura ^a   Reali, Roberta ^c   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Neuroscienze PharmaNess Scarl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alleviation of ethanol withdrawal signs; Anxiolysis; Cross tolerance to the motor impairing effects; Ethanol; Gamma hydroxybutyric acid; Rat; Reduction of ethanol intake; Substitution mechanism; Symmetrical generalization to the discriminative stimulus effects

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CROSS TOLERANCE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; RATS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034043187     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00091-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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