Vol. 20 (6) 1999 Neuro endocrinology letters

Interaction between central effects of ethanol and melatonin in mice.

: Effects of melatonin on acute toxicity of ethanol and ethanol-induced hypothermia, ethanol and thiopental sleeping time and ethanol-induced hypermotility were investigated in mice. The melatonin (1 and 5 mg/kg) was injected i.p. in single or repeated doses (7 days). The experiments were performed during the light phase of the light/da.....