No effect of albinism on sedative-hypnotic senstivity to ethanol and anesthetics

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-176

  Rikke, Brad A ^a   Simpson, Victoria J ^b   Montoliu, Lluis ^c   Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albinism; Ethanol Sensitivity; Sedative Hypnotics; Sex Differences

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; ETOMIDATE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035110034     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2001.tb02195.x     Document Type: Article

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