Electroacupuncture reduces voluntary alcohol intake in alcohol-preferring rats via an opiate-sensitive mechanism

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2166-2170

  Overstreet, David H ^a   Cui, Cai Lian ^b,c   Ma, Yao Ying ^b   Guo, Chang Yong ^b   Han, Ji Sheng ^b,c   Lukas, Scott E ^b   Lee, David Y W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Electroacupuncture; iP rat; Naltrexone

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FLUID INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

RATTUS;

EID: 51749095916     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9791-9     Document Type: Article

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