Effects of allopregnanolone on the EEG of alcohol-preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1369-1375

  Slawecki, C J ^a   Purdy, R H ^a   Li, T K ^b   Walpole, T ^a   Ehlers, C L ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Amygdala; Cortex; EEG; P and NP Rats

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033833150     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02105.x     Document Type: Article

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