Repeated ethanol withdrawal experience increases the severity and duration of subsequent withdrawal seizures in mice

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-326

  Becker, Howard C ^a,b   Diaz Granados, Jaime L ^a   Weathersby, R T ^a  

^a MUSC Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol withdrawal; Kindling; Mice; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PYRAZOLE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; KINDLING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEIZURE; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030993216     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)87949-9     Document Type: Article

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