Role of taste and calories in the selection of ethanol by C57BL/6NHsd and Hsd:ICR mice

Alcohol

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-198

  McMillen, Brian A ^a   Williams, Helen L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; C57BL mice; Calories; Chocolate; Drinking behavior; Inbred mice; Taste

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ASPARTAME; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CACAO; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHANOL; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUCOSE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; QUININE; SACCHARIN; SOLUTIONS; TASTE;

ANIMALIA; CINCHONA PUBESCENS;

EID: 0032053465     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)00111-0     Document Type: Article

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