Ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization in adolescent and adult mice: Role of the nNOS gene

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1839-1848

  Itzhak, Yossef ^a   Anderson, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Behavioral sensitization; Ethanol; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase; NNOS knockout mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

MUS;

EID: 52149108937     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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