Operant self-administration of sweetened versus unsweetened ethanol: Effects on blood alcohol levels

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1151-1157

  Roberts, Amanda J ^a   Heyser, Charles J ^b   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Alcohol Level; Ethanol; Saccharin; Self Administration; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SACCHARIN; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032801946     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04272.x     Document Type: Article

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