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Corticosterone Response to Ethanol in Inbred Strains of Mice

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ETHANOL acts as a stressor in activating the pituitary adrenal axis1–3 and also induces narcosis in mammals. In mice there are strain differences in ethanol-induced narcosis, measured by sleeping time4,5. We have studied the relationship between genotype in inbred mouse strains and the action of ethanol as a stressor.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California

    RYOKO KAKIHANA, E. P. NOBLE & J. C. BUTTE

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KAKIHANA, R., NOBLE, E. & BUTTE, J. Corticosterone Response to Ethanol in Inbred Strains of Mice. Nature 218, 360–361 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218360a0

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