Chronic ethanol differentially alters susceptibility to chemically induced convulsions in withdrawal seizure-prone and -resistant mice

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 782-790

  Finn, Deborah A ^a,b   Crabbe, John C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PENTETRAZOLE; STRYCHNINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONVULSANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MALE; MICE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRYCHNINE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032989890     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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