Long-lasting tolerance to alcohol following a history of dependence

Addiction Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  Rimondini, Roberto ^a   Sommer, Wolfang H ^b   Dall'Olio, Rossella ^a   Heilig, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholism; Animal model; Loss of righting reflex; Rat; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEDATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KINESTHESIS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 38849182906     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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