Effects of acute acamprosate and homotaurine on ethanol intake and ethanol-stimulated mesolimbic dopamine release

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 437, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-61

  Olive, M Foster ^a   Nannini, Michelle A ^a   Ou, Christine J ^a   Koenig, Heather N ^a   Hodge, Clyde W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Dopamine; Ethanol; Homotaurine; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; HOMOTAURINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TAURINE;

EID: 0037083817     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01272-4     Document Type: Article

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