In quest for a possible association between heightened social aggression and excessive alcohol drinking in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 807-812

  Bergvall, A H ^a   Fahlke, C ^a   Jonsson L ^a   Hansen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethanol drinking; Food restriction; Maternal aggression; Social aggression; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0029985721     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02156-6     Document Type: Article

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