L-theanine attenuates abstinence signs in morphine-dependent rhesus monkeys and elicits anxiolytic-like activity in mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-252

  Wise, Laura E ^a   Premaratne, Ishani D ^a   Gamage, Thomas F ^a   Lichtman, Aron H ^a   Hughes, Larry D ^a   Harris, Louis S ^a   Aceto, Mario D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; l theanine; Marble burying; Mice; Midazolam; Opioid dependence; Rhesus monkeys; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MORPHINE; THEANINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FIGHTING; MALE; MASTURBATION; MAZE TEST; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WET DOG SHAKES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MORPHINE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MUS;

EID: 84866521950     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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