The neurobiology of alcoholism in genetically selected rat models

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Stewart, Robert B ^a   Li, Ting Kai ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amount of AOD use; Animal strains; AOD preference; AOD tolerance; Drug therapy; Literature review; Neurotransmitters; Reinforcement; Selective breeding

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DISEASE MODEL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0006089915     PISSN: 0090838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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