Gamma-vinyl GABA (vigabatrin) blocks the expression of toluene-induced Conditioned Place Preference (CPP)

Synapse

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-185

  Lee, Dianne E ^a   Schiffer, Wynne K ^a,b   Dewey, Stephen L ^a,b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; TOLUENE; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INDICATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 7244245412     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20072     Document Type: Article

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