Lamotrigine blocks repeated high-dose methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization to dizocilpine (MK-801), but not methamphetamine in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-134

  Nakato, Yasuya ^a   Abekawa, Tomohiro ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Ito, Koki ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sensitization; Dizocilpine; Lamotrigine; Methamphetamine; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 80053946160     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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