Repeated Cycles of Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Exposure Leads to the Development of Tolerance to Aversive Effects of Ethanol in C57BL/6J Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1180-1187

  Lopez, Marcelo F ^a   Griffin, William C ^a   Melendez, Roberto I ^b   Becker, Howard C ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol drinking; Learning; Taste aversion; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE AVERSION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84863779263     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01717.x     Document Type: Article

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