MK-801 blocks the development of behavioral sensitization to ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-290

  Camarini, Rosana ^a,b   Frussa Filho, Roberto ^a   Monteiro, Maristela Goldnadel ^a   Calil, Helena Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Mice; MK 801; N methyl D aspartate; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034107069     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000374-200003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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