Motor stimulant effects of ethanol and acetaldehyde injected into the posterior ventral tegmental area of rats: Role of opioid receptors

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-653

  Sánchez Catalán, María José ^a   Hipólito, Lucía ^a   Zornoza, Teodoro ^a   Polache, Ana ^a   Granero, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Ethanol; Locomotor activity; Opioid receptors; Rats; VTA

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALTREXONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 67349190543     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-009-1495-6     Document Type: Article

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