Ethanol Metabolism and Osmolarity Modify Behavioral Responses to Ethanol in C. elegans

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1840-1850

  Alaimo, Joseph T ^a   Davis, Scott J ^b   Song, Sam S ^b   Burnette, Christopher R ^a   Grotewiel, Mike ^a   Shelton, Keith L ^a   Pierce Shimomura, Jonathan T ^b   Davies, Andrew G ^a,c   Bettinger, Jill C ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol Dehydrogenase; Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; Caenorhabditis elegans; Osmolarity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE INACTIVATION; LOCOMOTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWIMMING;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ETHANOL; LOCOMOTION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84868201543     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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