Effects of γ-hydroxybutyric acid and flunitrazepam on ethanol intake in male rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 780-786

  Leonard, Stuart T ^a,b   Gerak, Lisa R ^a,b   Gurkovskaya, Olga ^a,b   Moerschbaecher, Joseph M ^a   Winsauer, Peter J ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroxybutyric acid; Flunitrazepam; GABAA; Voluntary ethanol intake

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; SACCHARIN; WATER;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG POTENTIATION; LONG EVANS RAT; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEDATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846407939     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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