Sardinian alcohol-preferring and non-preferring rats show different reactivity to aversive stimuli and a similar response to a natural reward

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Leggio, Benedetta ^a   Masi, Flavio ^a   Grappi, Silvia ^a   Nanni, Giulio ^a   Gambarana, Carla ^a   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   De Montis, Maria Graziella ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Elevated plus maze; Escape test; Microdialysis; Palatable food; Unavoidable stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REWARD; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0038327664     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02533-2     Document Type: Article

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