GABAA/α1 receptor agonists and antagonists: Effects on species-typical and heightened aggressive behavior after alcohol self-administration in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-263

  De Almeida, Rosa M M ^a,b   Rowlett, James K ^d   Cook, James M ^e   Yin, Wenyuan ^e   Miczek, Klaus A ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centro de Ciencias da Saude   (Brazil)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Alpha subunits; Benzodiazepine receptor; GABA receptors; Hypnotic; Locomotion; Self administration

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID TERT BUTYL ESTER; FLUMAZENIL; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM; ALCOHOL; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TERT-BUTYL BETA-CARBOLINE-3-CARBOXYLATE;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SEDATION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOLINES; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1642398508     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1661-1     Document Type: Article

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