Reduction of alcohol intake by the positive allosteric modulator of the GABAB receptor, rac-BHFF, in alcohol-preferring rats

Alcohol

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Loi, Barbara ^a   Maccioni, Paola ^a   Lobina, Carla ^a   Carai, Mauro A M ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a   Thomas, Andrew W ^b   Malherbe, Pari ^b   Colombo, Giancarlo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Positive allosteric modulation of the GABAB receptor; Rac BHFF; Sardinian alcohol preferring rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 5,7 DI TERT BUTYL 3 HYDROXY 3 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 3H BENZOFURAN 2 ONE; ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PREFERENCE; ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872413769     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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