Differential effects of ethanol and midazolam upon the devaluation of an aversive memory in infant rats

Alcohol

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-431

  Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a   Nizhnikov, Michael ^a   Molina, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Boehm II, Stephen L ^a   Spear, Norman ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Aversive conditioning; Devaluation; Ethanol; Infant; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CITRIC ACID; MIDAZOLAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDAZOLAM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS LIMON; RATTUS;

EID: 35148854260     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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