Anxiety in mice following acute aspartame and ethanol exposure

Alcohol

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  LaBuda, Christopher J ^a   Hale, Robert L ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Aspartame; Elevated plus maze; Ethanol; Mice; Pharmacokinetics; Phenylalanine; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ASPARTAME;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ASPARTAME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE;

EID: 0033970891     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(99)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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