Associations of corticosterone and testosterone with alcohol drinking in F2 populations derived from AA and ANA rat lines

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-426

  Etelälahti, Tiina J ^a,b   Saarikoski, Sirkku T ^b,c   Eriksson, C J Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

AA and aNA rat lines; Alcohol drinking; Corticosterone; F2 population; hPA and hPG axes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS BREEDING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80955177064     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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