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Persistence of abnormal REM sleep response to ethanol as a result of previous ethanol ingestion

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Ethanol was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats for 4–6 weeks following which these animals thrived in a manner comparable to a naive control group. Over 6 months after an ethanol-free interval, the alcohol-exposed animals responded to a test dose of ethanol with a greater disturbance in REM sleep than noted in the naive group.

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  1. Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

    Stanley E. Gitlow, Stuart H. Bentkover, Stanley W. Dziedzic & Naim Khazan

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Gitlow, S.E., Bentkover, S.H., Dziedzic, S.W. et al. Persistence of abnormal REM sleep response to ethanol as a result of previous ethanol ingestion. Psychopharmacologia 33, 135–140 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429083

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