Is behavioral sensitization to ethanol associated with contextual conditioning in mice?

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Quadros, I M H ^a   Souza Formigoni, M L O ^a   Fornari, R V ^a   Nobrega, J N ^b   Oliveira, Maria Gabriela Menezes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fear conditioning; Learning; Locomotor activity; Mouse; Reverse tolerance; Stimulant effect

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SENSITIZATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEAR; IMMOBILIZATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037366756     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200303000-00004     Document Type: Article

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