Sex and strain influence the effect of ethanol on central monoamines

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 590-599

  Boone, Ericka M ^a   Cook, Melloni N ^a,b   Hou, X ^a   Jones, Byron C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUTAMEN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030723549     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.590     Document Type: Article

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