A pharmacological dose of estradiol can enhance appetites for alcoholic beverages

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 381-388

  Reid, Meta L ^a   Hubbell, Christopher L ^a   Reid, Larry D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol use disorders; Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholism; Estradiol; Estradiol valerate; Ethanol; SERMs

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; PLACEBO; WATER; ESTRADIOL; SACCHARIN;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; TASTE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TASTE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037212412     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)01008-0     Document Type: Article

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