Persistent escalation of alcohol drinking in C57BL/6J mice with intermittent access to 20% ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1938-1947

  Hwa, Lara S ^a   Chu, Adam ^a   Levinson, Sally A ^a   Kayyali, Tala M ^a   Debold, Joseph F ^a   Miczek, Klaus A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Animal models; C57BL 6J; Dependence; Intermittent access

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SEIZURES; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 80055119781     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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