GABA A Receptor Modulation During Adolescence Alters Adult Ethanol Intake and Preference in Rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-233

  Hulin, Mary W ^a,b   Amato, Russell J ^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

Adolescence; Alcohol Preference; DHEA; GABA A Receptors; Lorazepam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LORAZEPAM; PRASTERONE; SACCHARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; LORAZEPAM; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SACCHARIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856404709     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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