Alcohol preference, behavioural reactivity and cognitive functioning in female rats exposed to a three-bottle choice paradigm

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-19

  Cacace, Silvana ^a   Plescia, Fulvio ^a   Sardo, Pierangelo ^a   Cannizzaro, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol free choice paradigm; Alcohol preference; Behavioural reactivity; Female rats; Spatial learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ADULT ANIMAL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PREFERENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL REACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WINE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WINE;

EID: 84863451391     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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