Naloxone blocks ethanol-mediated appetitive conditioning and locomotor activation in adolescent rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a,c   Nizhnikov, Michael E ^b   Acevedo, María Belén ^a,c   Spear, Norman E ^b  

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

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethanol; Locomotor activation; Opioid system; Rat; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NALOXONE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 78149415864     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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