Interaction between central effects of ethanol and melatonin in mice

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 379-383

  Czarnecka, Elzbieta ^a   Kubik Bogucka, Elzbieta ^a   Strzelec, Jaroslaw S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

CNS; Ethanol; Interaction; Melatonin; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MELATONIN; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHERMIA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 22144466976     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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