Motor impairing effects of ethanol and diazepam in rats selectively bred for high and low ethanol consumption in a limited-access paradigm

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1814-1821

  Shram, Megan J ^a   Bahroos, Manisha ^a   Beleskey, Jeff I ^a   Tampakeras, Maria ^a   Lê, Anh D ^a   Tomkins, Denise M ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Ethanol; Selective Breeding; Sex Differences; Tilt Plane

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10844243173     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000148105.79934.14     Document Type: Article

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