Effects of 7-keto dehydroepiandrosterone on voluntary ethanol intake in male rats

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-354

  Worrel, Mary E ^a,b   Gurkovskaya, Olga V ^a,b   Leonard, Stuart T ^a   Lewis, Peter B ^a   Winsauer, Peter J ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

7 keto DHEA; DHEA; Ethanol intake; GABAA receptor; Neurosteroid; Rats

Indexed keywords

3 BETA ACETOXYANDROST 5 ENE 7,17 DIONE; PRASTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

RATTUS;

EID: 79955978256     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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