Cardiovascular effects of ethanol in rats selectively bred for high or low sensitivity to the hypnotic effects of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1024-1029

  Varga, Káoly ^a   Kunos, George ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Mercaptopropionate; Baroreceptor reflex; Blood pressure; GABA; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030886804     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04248.x     Document Type: Article

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