Time course of acamprosate action on operant ethanol self- administration after ethanol deprivation

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 862-868

  Hölter, Sabine M ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Alcohol deprivation effect (ADE); Craving; Ethanol; Operant self administration

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343683410     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03850.x     Document Type: Article

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