Baclofen reduces ethanol intake in high-alcohol-drinking University of Chile bibulous rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 326-336

  Quintanilla, María E ^a,b   Perez, Elizabeth ^a   Tampier, Lutske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Universidad de Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Ethanol intake; GABAB; Locomotor activity; Saccharin intake; UChB rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SACCHARIN;

EID: 49349111724     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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