Acute functional tolerance to ethanol and fear conditioning are genetically correlated in mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1673-1679

  Radcliffe, Richard A ^a   Erwin, V Gene ^b   Wehner, Jeanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6; DBA 2J; Ethanol; Inbred Mice; Lerning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HEREDITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031787803     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03965.x     Document Type: Article

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