Moderate doses of ethanol partially reverse avoidance learning deficits in high-alcohol-drinking rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-102

  Rorick, Linda M ^a   Finn, Peter R ^a   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Alcohol seeking behavior; Anxiolytic effects; Appetitive conditioning; Aversive conditioning; Ethanol; Fear

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOSE RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0038635948     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(03)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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