Effects of alcohol on cocaine lethality in rats: Acute and chronic assessments

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-364

  Busse, Gregory D ^a   Riley, Anthony L ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Lethality; Polydrug; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; LETHALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038579726     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(02)00351-3     Document Type: Article

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