Nifedipine potentiates the toxic effects of cocaine in mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Ansah, Twum Ampofo ^a   Wade, Littleton H ^b   Kopsombut, Prapaporn ^a   Shockley, Dolores C ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Cocaine; Lethal median dose; Mice; Nifedipine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; COCAINE; ELECTROLYTE; MAGNESIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; LD 50; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROLYTES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NIFEDIPINE;

EID: 0036137990     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(01)00281-0     Document Type: Article

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