Low frequency electroacupuncture selectively decreases voluntarily ethanol intake in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 428-434

  Li, Jing ^a   Zou, Yihuai ^a,b   Ye, Jiang Hong ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Addiction; Alcohol dependence; Sprague Dawley rats; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUGAR INTAKE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 82755160714     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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