Chronic ethanol attenuates circadian photic phase resetting and alters nocturnal activity patterns in the hamster

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ruby, Christina L ^a   Brager, Allison J ^a   DePaul, Marc A ^a   Prosser, Rebecca A ^b   Glass, J David ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking rhythms; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ETHANOL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICRODIALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 69249120470     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00268.2009     Document Type: Article

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