The CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist rimonabant chronically prevents the nicotine-induced relapse to alcohol
Preclinical and clinical research shows that the cannabinoid brain receptor type 1 (CB1) modulates alcohol- and nicotine-related behaviors. Throughout the nicotine-induced relapse to alcohol, the rats were pre-treated for 10 days with the CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist rimonabant (0, 0.03, 0.3...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2007-02-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996106002385 |