Analysis of the biphasic locomotor response to ethanol in high and low responders to novelty: A study in Nijmegen Wistar rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Gingras, Mireille A ^a   Cools, Alexander R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ethanol; excitation; individual variability; rats; sedation; tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HABITUATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029882651     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247337     Document Type: Article

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