An assay for evoked locomotor behavior in drosophila reveals a role for integrins in ethanol sensitivity and rapid ethanol tolerance

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1794-1805

  Bhandari, Poonam ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Bettinger, Jill C ^a,b   Davies, Andrew G ^a,b   Grotewiel, Mike ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavior; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTEGRIN; BETA INTEGRIN;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; AMNESIAC GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLIMBING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICS; HANGOVER GENE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUTANT; MYOSPHEROID GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAB GENE; STARTLE REFLEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTEGRINS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349311756     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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