Early role of the κ opioid receptor in ethanol-induced reinforcement

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1231-1241

  Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a,c   Nizhnikov, Michael E ^b   Acevedo, Ma 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

Opioid receptor; Ethanol; Second order conditioning; Taste conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; MALE; MORPHINANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALTREXONE; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84856802490     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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