Preclinical evaluation of riluzole: Assessments of ethanol self-administration and ethanol withdrawal symptoms

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1460-1468

  Besheer, Joyce ^a   Lepoutre, Veronique ^a   Hodge, Clyde W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism; GABA; NMDA; PKC; Riluzole; Self Administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RILUZOLE;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RILUZOLE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

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EID: 68149108465     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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