Sex differences in acute ethanol withdrawal severity after adrenalectomy and gonadectomy in Withdrawal Seizure-Prone and Withdrawal Seizure-Resistant mice

Alcohol

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 367-377

  Strong, Moriah N ^a   Kaufman, Katherine R ^a   Crabbe, John C ^a   Finn, Deborah A ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Convulsions; Corticosterone; GABA; Neurosteroid; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCISION; GENETIC MODEL; GONADECTOMY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68149148854     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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