Pharmacologic and behavioral responses of inbred C57BL/6J and strain 129/SvJ mouse lines

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-26

  Homanics, Gregg E ^a,b   Quinlan, Joseph J ^a   Firestone, Leonard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Anxiety; Ethanol; Inbred mice; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SLEEP TIME;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032966972     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00232-9     Document Type: Article

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