Article
Cocaine-induced seizure thresholds: quantitative trait loci detection and mapping in two populations derived from the C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mouse strains.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Apr 2000
Hain H S, Crabbe J C, Bergeson S E, Belknap J K
Abstract excerpt
Seizures are a well known consequence of human cocaine abuse, and in rodent models, sensitivity to cocaine seizures has been shown to be strongly influenced by genotype. For example, several studies have reported significant differences between the C57BL/6 (B6) and DBA/2 (D2) inbred mouse strains in their sensitivity to cocaine-induced seizures. This prompted our use of the BXD recombinant inbred (RI) strain set...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes
- Cocaine
- Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors
- Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic
- Female
- Genotype
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Seizures
- Species Specificity
