The Use of a Novel Drinkometer System for Assessing Pharmacological Treatment Effects on Ethanol Consumption in Rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Vengeliene, Valentina ^a   Noori, Hamid R ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Drinkometer; Lamotrigine; Mathematical modeling; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LAMOTRIGINE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL DEPRIVATION EFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRINKOMETER SYSTEM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SENSOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84872493082     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01874.x     Document Type: Article

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