Article
Effects of genetic and procedural variation on measurement of alcohol sensitivity in mouse inbred strains.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 2006
Crabbe John C, Metten Pamela, Ponomarev Igor, Prescott Carol A, Wahlsten Douglas
Abstract excerpt
Mice from eight inbred strains were studied for their acute sensitivity to ethanol as indexed by the degree of hypothermia (HT), indexed as the reduction from pre-injection baseline of their body temperature. Two weeks later, mice were tested for their loss of righting reflex (LRR) after a higher dose of ethanol. The LRR was tested using the "classical" method of watching for recovery in animals placed on their...
Topics
- Alcoholism
- Animals
- Brain
- Ethanol
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hypnotics and Sedatives
- Hypothermia
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Motor Activity
- Reflex
- Species Specificity
