Overview of mouse assays of ethanol intoxication

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 42, 2008, Pages

  Crabbe, John C ^a   Cameron, Andy J ^a   Munn, Elizabeth ^b   Bunning, Mark ^b   Wahlsten, Douglas ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Ethanol; Genetics; Inbred strains; Intoxication; Mouse; Test batteries

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDITY;

EID: 57349141495     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0926s42     Document Type: Review

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