Dorsal hippocampal cannabinoid CB1 receptors mediate the interactive effects of nicotine and ethanol on passive avoidance learning in mice

Addiction Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-251

  Alijanpour, Sakineh ^a   Rezayof, Ameneh ^a   Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences IPM   (Iran)

Author keywords

ACPA; AM251; ethanol; hippocampus; learning; nicotine

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; ALCOHOL; ARACHIDONYLCYCLOPROPYLAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; NICOTINE TARTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; NICOTINE; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 84874432779     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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