The effects of ethanol on a measure of conditioned fear in mice

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-407

  Stromberg, Michael F ^a,c   Hammond, Lynn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Studies of Addiction   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Ethanol; Opioids; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHOCK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030919009     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)87952-9     Document Type: Article

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