Baclofen effects on alcohol seeking, self-administration and extinction of seeking responses in a within-session design in baboons

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-26

  Duke, Angela N ^a,b   Kaminski, Barbara J ^a   Weerts, Elise M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; baclofen; drug seeking; extinction; non human primate; reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL SEEKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACILITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETCHING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; DRUG-SEEKING; EXTINCTION; NON-HUMAN PRIMATE; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPIO; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84890805312     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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