Decreased measures of experimental anxiety in rats bred for high alcohol preference

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 656-660

  Möller, Christian ^a   Wiklund, Lisa ^a   Thorsell, Annika ^a   Hyytiä, Petri ^b   Heilig, Markus ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0343471399     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb03818.x     Document Type: Article

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