Effects of ultra-low doses of morphine, naloxone and ethanol on morphine state-dependent memory of passive avoidance in mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-145

  Meybodi, K Tayebi ^a   Zarch, A Vakili ^a   Zarrindast, M R ^a   Djahanguiri, Bijan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Morphine; Mouse; Naloxone; Passive avoidance; State dependent learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MORPHINE SULFATE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RECALL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTICS;

EID: 18844434931     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200505000-00002     Document Type: Article

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