Interaction of the Nicotinic Cholinergic System with Ethanol Withdrawal

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 591-599

  Butt, Christopher M ^a   King, Nathan M ^a   Stitzel, Jerry A ^a   Collins, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; THREONINE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 2; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; MONITORING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 1642538985     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.059758     Document Type: Article

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