Activation of Brain NOP Receptors Attenuates Acute and Protracted Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms in the Rat

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 747-755

  Economidou, Daina ^a   Cippitelli, Andrea ^a   Stopponi, Serena ^a   Braconi, Simone ^a   Clementi, Stefano ^a   Ubaldi, Massimo ^a   Martin Fardon, Rèmi ^b   Weiss, Friedbert ^b   Massi, Maurizio ^a   Ciccocioppo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Anxiety; Nociceptin; Orphanin FQ; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NOCICEPTIN; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79953034892     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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