Fig. 4: Effect of the BK α K361N substitution on acute alcohol sensitivity in vivo.

Measures of alcohol metabolism and intoxication were obtained in BK α K361N WT, Het and KI males acutely exposed to ethanol (i.p.). A. Blood ethanol concentration (BEC) clearance time-course.Ethanol-induced ataxia (B, fixed-speed rotarod), sedation (C, loss of righting response), hypothermia (D), analgesia (E, tail pressure test) and reward (F, conditioned place preference). Main effect of ethanol: ###p < 0.001. None of the measures was significantly affected by genotype.