Estradiol valerate and alcohol intake: A comparison between Wistar and Lewis rats and the putative role of endorphins

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Marinelli, Peter W ^a   Quirion, Rémi ^b   Gianoulakis, Christina ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus; Estrogen; Ethanol; Hypothalamus; Locomotion; Open field; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; ESTRADIOL VALERATE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BETA-ENDORPHIN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCOMOTION; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037450078     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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