Ethanol consumption: How should we measure it? Achieving consilience between human and animal phenotypes

Addiction Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-124

  Leeman, Robert F ^a   Heilig, Markus ^b   Cunningham, Christopher L ^c   Stephens, David N ^d   Duka, Theodora ^d   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Animal models; Biomarkers; Genetics; Heavy drinking; Human laboratory models

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ACCURACY; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DRINKING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATS; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 76749157203     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2009.00192.x     Document Type: Review

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