Comparison of the alcohol-preferring P rat to the Wistar rat in behavioral tests of impulsivity and anxiety

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-375

  McMillen, B A ^a   Means, L W ^b   Matthews, J N ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Drinking behavior; Ethanol; Impulsive behavior; Inbred strain; Operant behavior; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVENESS; INBRED STRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032008179     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00442-3     Document Type: Article

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