Article
Sensitivity of inbred and selectively bred mice to ethanol.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Smolen A, Smolen T N, van de Kamp J L
Abstract excerpt
The Long-Sleep (LS) and Short-Sleep (SS) mice were bred for differences in sensitivity to ethanol as measured by duration of loss of the righting response (sleep time). The foundation population was a heterogeneous stock (HS) which was derived from a cross of eight inbred strains. Ethanol-induced sleep time and waking blood and brain ethanol levels were measured in the eight inbred strains, LS, SS and HS mice....
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Brain Chemistry
- Ethanol
- Female
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Genotype
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Sleep