Acamprosate reduces context-dependent ethanol effects

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-18

  Quertemont, Etienne ^a,b   Brabant, Christian ^a,b   De Witte, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Conditioning; Ethanol; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPERACTIVITY; INJECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

EID: 0036399161     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1186-z     Document Type: Article

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