Influence of hormonal status on behavioral responses to an acute ethanol challenge during ethanol withdrawal in male and female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-700

  Koirala, Bikul ^a   Alele, Paul E ^b   Devaud, Leslie L ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Ethanol withdrawal; GABAA receptors; Incoordination; Ovariectomy; Seizures; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COORDINATION DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESTROUS CYCLE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 48849112702     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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