Pharmacologic antagonism of ghrelin receptors attenuates development of nicotine induced locomotor sensitization in rats

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 172, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 77-80

  Wellman, Paul J ^a   Clifford, P Shane ^a   Rodriguez, Juan ^a   Hughes, Samuel ^a   Eitan, Shoshana ^a   Brunel, Luc ^b   Fehrentz, Jean Alain ^b   Martinez, Jean ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Ghrelin receptors; JMV 2959; Locomotion; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; JMV 2959; NICOTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; GLYCINE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; TRIAZOLES;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 80053561912     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: 18731686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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