Tetrodotoxin reduces cue-induced drug craving and anxiety in abstinent heroin addicts

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-607

  Shi, Jie ^a   Liu, Ting Ting ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Epstein, David H ^b   Zhao, Li Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiao Li ^a   Lu, Lin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craving; Drug cues; Heroin dependence; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VIDEORECORDING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXINS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TETRODOTOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 67349228803     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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