Effects of serotonin-3 receptor antagonists on the intracranial self-administration of ethanol within the ventral tegmental area of Wistar rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-259

  Rodd Henricks, Zachary A ^a   McKinzie, David L ^a   Melendez, Roberto I ^b   Berry, Nada ^a   Murphy, James M ^a,b   McBride, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT3 receptors; Ethanol reinforcement; ICS 205,930; Intracranial self administration; LY 278 584; Ventral tegmental area; Zacopride

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 3 INDAZOLECARBOXYLIC ACID N TROPANYLAMIDE; ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; TROPISETRON; ZACOPRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037276368     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1300-2     Document Type: Article

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