Effect of ganaxolone and THIP on operant and limited-access ethanol self-administration

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-564

  Ramaker, Marcia J ^a   Strong, Moriah N ^a   Ford, Matthew M ^a   Finn, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Extrasynaptic; GABAA receptors; Lickometer; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA; ALCOHOL; GABOXADOL; GANAXOLONE; NEUROSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; SYNAPSE;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; ETHANOL; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PREGNANOLONE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863633670     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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