The role of adrenal or testicular hormones in voluntary ethanol and NaCl intake of crowded and individually housed rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 408-413

  Begg, D P ^a   Weisinger, R S ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenalectomy; Castration; Crowding; Drinking; Food intake; Group housing; NaCl appetite

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAT; SALT INTAKE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TESTIS;

EID: 42449107906     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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