Sex differences in alcohol preference and drinking patterns emerge during the early postpubertal period in Sprague-Dawley rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1043-1049

  Lancaster, Francine E ^a   Brown, Tamara D ^a   Coker, Kimberly L ^a   Elliott, Judi A ^a   Wren, Samuel B ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol; Beer; Preference; Sex Differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029790808     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01945.x     Document Type: Article

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