Mice performance on the staircase test following acute ethanol administration

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 491-495

  Weizman, Ronit ^a,b   Paz, Lior ^b   Peter, Yakov ^b   Pick, Chaim G ^b  

^a TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Diazepam; Ethanol; Flumazenil; Gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor; Staircase test

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AZIDES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035006657     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00450-6     Document Type: Article

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