Different sensitivity to the motor incoordinating effects of γ-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and baclofen in GHB-sensitive and GHB-resistant rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1033, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Lobina, Carla ^a   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a,b   Carai, Mauro A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB); Baclofen; GABAB receptor; GHB sensitive (GHB S) and GHB resistant (GHB R) rats; Motor incoordination; Rota Rod

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; LINE DIFFERENCE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 12944306883     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.11.030     Document Type: Article

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