Modeling alcohol self-administration in the human laboratory

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages 315-353

  Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^a   O’Connor, Sean ^b   Ramchandani, Vijay A ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol dependence; Human; Self administration

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; GABAPENTIN; MECAMYLAMINE; NALMEFENE; NALTREXONE; NICOTINE; VARENICLINE; ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SMOKING; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ETHANOL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84868671394     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2011_149     Document Type: Article

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