Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice: Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci (2023)

Crabbe, J. C., Phillips, T. J., Gallaher, E. J., Crawshaw, L. I., & Mitchell, S. R. (1996). Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice: Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 277(2), 624-632.

Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice : Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci. / Crabbe, John C.; Phillips, Tamara J.; Gallaher, Edward J. et al.

In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Vol. 277, No. 2, 05.1996, p. 624-632.

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Crabbe, JC, Phillips, TJ, Gallaher, EJ, Crawshaw, LI & Mitchell, SR 1996, 'Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice: Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci', Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, vol. 277, no. 2, pp. 624-632.

Crabbe JC, Phillips TJ, Gallaher EJ, Crawshaw LI, Mitchell SR. Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice: Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 1996 May;277(2):624-632.

Crabbe, John C. ; Phillips, Tamara J. ; Gallaher, Edward J. et al. / Common genetic determinants of the ataxic and hypothermic effects of ethanol in BXD/Ty recombinant inbred mice : Genetic correlations and quantitative trait loci. In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 1996 ; Vol. 277, No. 2. pp. 624-632.

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