Alcohol usage and abrupt cessation modulate diurnal activity.
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.
Norrell
Stacy
S
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States.
Reyes-Vasquez
Cruz
C
Burau
Keith
K
Dafny
Nachum
N
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
D002492:Central Nervous System Depressants; D000431:Ethanol