Increased sensitivity to picrotoxin as an index of physical dependence on alcohol in the mouse |
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Authors: | Gyula Szabó Gábor L. Kovács Gyula Telegdy |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathophysiology, University Medical School, Szeged Hungary |
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Abstract: | A relatively simple and rapid method has been developed to induce tolerance to and dependence on alcohol in mice. Alternating intraperitoneal injections of metabolically stable tert-butanol and ethanol for 4 consecutive days resulted in a physical dependence on alcohol, which was quantified by the latency and ED50 of picrotoxin-induced CNS hyperexcitability — myoclonic and tonic seizures and mortality — during the withdrawal period. The data indicate that alcohol-dependent animals in the withdrawal period are more susceptible than alcohol-naive controls to picrotoxin. Withdrawal hyperexcitability can be quantified by the ED50 of picrotoxin. |
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Keywords: | Ethanol Tolerance Dependence Picrotoxin Convulsion GABA γ-aminobutyric acid |
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