Remission and resurgence of anxiety-like behavior across protracted withdrawal stages in ethanol-dependent rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1505-1515

  Zhao, Yu ^a   Weiss, Friedbert ^a   Zorrilla, Eric P ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Anxiety; Elevated Plus Maze; Factor Analysis; Protracted Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548213654     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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