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Sex Differences in Ethanol's Anxiolytic Effect and Chronic Ethanol Withdrawal Severity in Mice with a Null Mutation of the 5α-Reductase Type 1 Gene.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 2015
Tanchuck-Nipper Michelle A, Ford Matthew M, Hertzberg Anna, Beadles-Bohling Amy, Cozzoli Debra K, Finn Deborah A
Abstract excerpt
Manipulation of endogenous levels of the GABAergic neurosteroid allopregnanolone alters sensitivity to some effects of ethanol. Chronic ethanol withdrawal decreases activity and expression of 5α-reductase-1, an important enzyme in allopregnanolone biosynthesis encoded by the 5α-reductase-1 gene (Srd5a1). The present studies examined the impact of Srd5a1 deletion in male and female mice on several acute effects of...
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