Attenuation of the stimulant response to ethanol is associated with enhanced ataxia for a GABAA, but not a GABAB, receptor agonist

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-120

  Holstein, Sarah E ^a   Dobbs, Lauren ^a   Phillips, Tamara J ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Animal model; Drug abuse; Motor control; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA; BACLOFEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; OXIMES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 58149202522     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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