Intermittent ethanol exposure increases long-lasting behavioral and neurochemical effects of MDMA in adolescent mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-442

  Rodríguez Arias, Marta ^a   Maldonado, Concepción ^a   Vidal Infer, Antonio ^a   Guerri, Consuelo ^b   Aguilar, María A ^a   Miñarro, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Ethanol; MDMA; Monoamines; Motor activity; Passive avoidance; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82955233609     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2329-x     Document Type: Article

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