Behavioral Traits Predicting Alcohol Drinking in Outbred Rats: An Investigation of Anxiety, Novelty Seeking, and Cognitive Flexibility

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 594-603

  Hayton, Scott J ^a   Mahoney, Megan K ^a   Olmstead, Mary C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anxiety; Cognitive Flexibility; Limited and Continuous Alcohol Access; Novelty Seeking; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TAP WATER;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84859216764     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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