Acute alcohol produces ataxia and cognitive impairments in aged animals: A comparison between young adult and aged rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1317-1324

  Novier, Adelle ^a   Van Skike, Candice E ^a   Diaz Granados, Jaime L ^a   Mittleman, Guy ^b   Matthews, Douglas B ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Ethanol; Righting Reflex; Rotarod; Water Maze

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ETHANOL; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD; WATER MAZE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATAXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, RIGHTING; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880971968     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12110     Document Type: Article

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