Table 5. Effects of Mg depletion on EtOH-related behaviors.

In B6 mice, dietary depletion of Mg significantly increased EtOH-induced LORR duration relative to control diet, but did not significantly affect EtOH-induced ataxia or EtOH-induced hypothermia (n=13–15/treatment). In S1 mice, dietary depletion of Mg did not significantly affect any measure of EtOH intoxication, but approximately 75% of S1 mice died as a result of Mg treatment (n=4–16/treatment).

	B6		S1
	Control diet	Mg deficient diet	Control diet	Mg deficient diet
Ataxia	69.6 ±7.0	58.5 ±11.3	66.1 ±6.1	39.3 ±16.1
Hypothermia	2.8 ±0.3	2.5 ±0.4	3.9 ±0.2	3.7 ±0.3
LORR duration	66.9 ±10.2	* 97.4 ±9.5	179.8 ±9.8	126.0 ±35.4

Data are Means ±SEM.

^*p<.05 vs. Control diet