Combined scopolamine and ethanol treatment results in a locomotor stimulant response suggestive of synergism that is not blocked by dopamine receptor antagonists

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-447

  Scibelli, Angela C ^a   Phillips, Tamara J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Locomotor Activity; Muscarinic Receptor; Selected Line

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ALCOHOL; HALOPERIDOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; SCOPOLAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; SCOPOLAMINE;

MUS;

EID: 60649104270     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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