Repeated ethanol withdrawal experience selectively alters sensitivity to different chemoconvulsant drugs in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-153

  Becker, Howard C ^a   Veatch, Lynn M ^a   Diaz Granados, Jaime L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol withdrawal; Kainic acid; Kindling; Mice; NMDA; Pentylenetetrazol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; KINDLING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONVULSANTS; ETHANOL; KAINIC ACID; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031671428     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050699     Document Type: Article

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