| Literature DB >> 7233243 |
E L Abel, R Bush, B A Dintcheff.
Abstract
Pregnant rats were intubated with alcohol (ethanol, 3 grams per kilogram) twice daily throughout gestation. Control animals received solutions of isocaloric sucrose. At birth, offspring were placed with untreated surrogate dams. Beginning at 6 months of age, the offspring were tested for their thermogenic responsiveness to various drugs and to cold. Prenatal exposure to alcohol resulted in tolerance to alcohol and cross-tolerance to pentobarbital and diazepam but did not affect responsiveness to cold. This pattern of effects suggest that prenatal exposure to alcohol produces specific long-term effects on the neural mechanisms underlying drug tolerance.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7233243 DOI: 10.1126/science.7233243
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728