Precipitated withdrawal counters the adverse effects of subchronic cannabinoid administration on male rat sexual behavior

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 472, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-174

  Riebe, Caitlin J ^a   Lee, Tiffany T ^a   Hill, Matthew N ^a   Gorzalka, Boris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cannabis; CB1 receptor; Copulation; Dysphoria; Sex; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DEXANABINOL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 77649275165     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.079     Document Type: Article

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