Changes in the beta-endorphin plasma level after repeated treatment with acamprosate in rats selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Zalewska Kaszubska, Jadwiga ^a   Ćwiek, Wojciech ^a   Dyr, Wanda ^b   Czarnecka, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Alcohol preferring rats; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; BETA ENDORPHIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DRUGS USED IN THE TREATMENT OF ADDICTION; OPIATE PEPTIDE; TAURINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; TAURINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 27244448608     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.06.032     Document Type: Article

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