Acute novel stressors modify ethanol intake of psychosocially stressed rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-400

  Pohorecky, Larissa A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Housing aggression; Open field arena; Rank status; Resident intruder test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ACUTE STRESS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DRINKING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77952541613     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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