Effects of pregnanolone in rats discriminating cocaine

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 385-392

  Quinton, M S ^a   Gerak, L R ^a   Moerschbaecher, J M ^a   Winsauer, P J ^a  

^a Alcohol Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Cocaine; Dopamine; Drug discrimination; Positive GABAA modulators; Pregnanolone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMFEBUTAMONE; COCAINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; ELTANOLONE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOOD; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BUPROPION; COCAINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 33845292237     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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