Interactive effects of ethanol and nicotine on learning in C57BL/6J mice depend on both dose and duration of treatment

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-495

  Gulick, Danielle ^a   Gould, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Addiction; Learning; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS TOLERANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEAR; FREEZING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38849139772     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0982-x     Document Type: Article

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