Failure of Acute Ethanol Administration to Alter Cerebrocortical and Hippocampal Allopregnanolone Levels in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 948-958

  Porcu, Patrizia ^a   Locci, Andrea ^b   Santoru, Francesca ^b   Berretti, Roberta ^b   Morrow, A Leslie ^c   Concas, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; C57BL 6J and DBA 2J Mice; Corticosterone; Ethanol; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; MORPHINE; PROGESTERONE; ELTANOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS REACTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANOLONE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898042230     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12329     Document Type: Article

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