Sex differences in the effect of finasteride on acute ethanol withdrawal severity in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1302-1315

  Gorin Meyer, R E ^b   Wiren, K M ^a,b   Tanchuck, M A ^b   Long, S L ^b   Yoneyama, N ^b   Finn, D A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 reductase; alcohol; allopregnanolone; convulsions; radioimmunoassay; steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FINASTERIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DBA 2 MOUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEIZURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 34247859069     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.051     Document Type: Article

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