Comparison of voluntary ethanol intake by two pairs of rat lines used as genetic models of anxiety

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1511-1517

  Da Silva, G E ^a   Ramos, A ^b   Takahashi, R N ^b  

^a REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF BLUMENAU   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Ethanol intake; Inbred strains; Lewis; Selected lines; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 5644278059     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004001000010     Document Type: Article

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