Prevention by cycloheximide of the audiogenic seizures and tryptophan metabolic disturbances of ethanol withdrawal in rats

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Oretti, Rossana ^a   Bano, Samina ^a   Morgan, Christopher J ^b   Badawy, Abdulla A B ^b   Bonner, Adrian ^c   Buckland, Paul ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0029934635     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008143     Document Type: Article

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