Alcohol alliesthesia: Food restriction increases the palatability of alcohol through a corticosterone-dependent mechanism

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-415

  Soderpalm A H V ^a   Hansen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Alcohol; Corticosterone; Drug reward; Metyrapone; Taste reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; METYRAPONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 17944397471     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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