Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats prefer chocolate and sucrose over ethanol

Alcohol

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 611-615

  Colombo, Giancarlo ^a,b   Agabio, Roberta ^b   Diaz, Giacomo ^b   Fà, Mauro ^b   Lobina, Carla ^b   Reali, Roberta ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chocolate flavored drink; Ethanol preference; Reinforcement; Sardinian alcohol preferring (sP) and non preferring (sNP) rats; Sucrose solution; Voluntary ethanol intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CACAO; ETHANOL; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOLUTIONS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0030830535     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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