title: Alcohol usage and abrupt cessation modulate diurnal activity.
abstract: Alcohol has many effects throughout the body. The effect on circadian rhythms and the correlation of these effects to withdrawal effects of alcohol present interesting findings. By measuring 3 planes of activity of female Sprague-Dawley rats during alcohol usage and continuing study through the first 2 days following withdrawal of alcohol allow for the observation of a drastic modulation of the circadian pattern of activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Norrell
authors.forename: Cruz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reyes-Vasquez
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burau
authors.forename: Nachum
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dafny
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000818:Animals; D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol