Differences in voluntary ethanol consumption in Wistar rats from five different suppliers

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 607-614

  Palm, Sara ^a   Roman, Erika ^a   Nylander, Ingrid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Breeder; Ethanol intake; Homecage drinking; Intermittent access; Outbred

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79961165881     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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