The impact of gonadectomy and adrenalectomy on acute withdrawal severity in male and female C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice following a single high dose of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1846-1857

  Gililland, Katherine R ^a,b   Finn, Deborah A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Convulsions; GABAA Receptors; Neuroactive Steroids; Steroid Hormones

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; STEROID HORMONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS;

EID: 35348998489     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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