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Acoustic startle reactivity during acute alcohol withdrawal in rats that differ in genetic predisposition toward alcohol drinking: effect of stimulus characteristics.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 May 2004
Chester Julia A, Blose Annette M, Froehlich Janice C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We have previously reported an association between greater alcohol withdrawal magnitude after a single alcohol exposure and a genetic predisposition toward low alcohol drinking in rats selectively bred for differences in alcohol intake when acoustic startle reactivity to a tone stimulus was used to index acute alcohol withdrawal. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the quality of the...
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- Acoustic Stimulation
- Alcohol Drinking
- Animals
- Ethanol
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Male
