Effects of prenatal ethanol exposure and postnatal handling on conditioned taste aversion

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Gabriel, Kara I ^a   Weinberg, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Corticosterone; Postnatal handling; Prenatal ethanol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEOPHOBIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE AVERSION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIET; EATING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE;

EID: 0035002934     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(01)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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