Only male mice show sensitization of handling-induced convulsions across repeated ethanol withdrawal cycles

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-485

  Veatch, L M ^a,b   Wright, T M ^b   Randall, C L ^b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Female; Seizure; Sex; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 33846915114     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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