Evidence for the role of nitric oxide in nicotine-induced locomotor sensitization in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 500-504

  Ulusu, Umut ^a   Uzbay, I Tayfun ^b   Kayir, Hakan ^b   Alici, Tevfik ^b   Karakas, Sirel ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

L Arginine; L NAME; Locomotor sensitization; Mice; Nicotine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; INJECTION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ARGININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844370005     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-004-2018-0     Document Type: Article

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