Differential rearing conditions alter operant responding for ethanol in outbred rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1692-1698

  Deehan Jr , Gerald A ^a   Cain, Mary E ^a   Kiefer, Stephen W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Environmental Enrichment; Isolation; Social Environment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34548599912     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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