Short and prolonged periods of maternal separation and voluntary ethanol intake in male and female ethanol-preferring AA and ethanol-avoiding ANA rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-601

  Roman, Erika ^a   Gustafsson, Lisa ^a   Hyytiä, Petri ^b   Nylander, Ingrid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Estrous Cycle; Handling; Maternal Deprivation; Sex Differences

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 17444418262     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000158933.70242.FC     Document Type: Article

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