Opioid antagonists block the acquisition of ethanol-mediated conditioned tactile preference in infant rats

Alcohol

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-358

  Nizhnikov, Michael Eduard ^a   Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a,b   Truxell, Eric ^a   Spear, Norman E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Ethanol; Infant rat; Naloxone; Naltrindole; Opioid system

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ETHANOL; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; TOUCH;

RATTUS;

EID: 68249162400     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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