Article
Genetic factors influence changes in sensitivity to the convulsant properties of cocaine following chronic treatment.
Brain research - 22 Feb 1991
Marley R J, Witkin J M, Goldberg S R
Abstract excerpt
Repeated administration of doses of cocaine below the threshold for seizure induction results in the development of an increased susceptibility to cocaine-induced seizures (cocaine-kindling). Genetic differences in susceptibility to cocaine-kindled seizures were evaluated in 4 inbred mouse strains and compared with susceptibility to seizures induced by acute administration of cocaine. The acute administration of...
Topics
- Animals
- Cocaine
- Drug Resistance
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Kindling, Neurologic
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Seizures
- Time Factors
