Stimulation of locomotor activity by voluntarily consumed ethanol in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 357, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 109-113

  Colombo, Giancarlo ^a   Agabio, Roberta ^b   Lobina, Carla ^b   Reali, Roberta ^b   Vacca, Giovanni ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032544759     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00560-3     Document Type: Article

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