Behavioral consequences of the hypotaurine-ethanol interaction

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 333-339

  Font, Laura ^b   Miquel, Marta ^b   Aragon, Carlos M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alanine; Blood ethanol levels; Ethanol; Hypotaurine; Locomotor activity; Open field

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ALANINE; BETA AMINO ACID; HYPOTAURINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035163898     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00602-5     Document Type: Article

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