Effect of the selective NMDA NR2B antagonist, ifenprodil, on acute tolerance to ethanol-induced motor impairment in adolescent and adult rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1149-1159

  Ramirez, Ruby Liane ^a   Varlinskaya, Elena I ^a,b   Spear, Linda P ^a,c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute tolerance; Adolescent; Ethanol; Ifenprodil; Motor impairment; NMDA NR2B receptors; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IFENPRODIL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PIPERIDINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79956108429     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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