Environmental stressors influence limited-access ethanol consumption by C57BL/6J mice in a sex-dependent manner

Alcohol

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 741-754

  Cozzoli, Debra K ^a   Tanchuck Nipper, Michelle A ^a   Kaufman, Moriah N ^a   Horowitz, Chloe B ^b   Finn, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Corticosterone; Environmental stress; Foot shock; Predator odor; Tail pinch

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ALCOHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; ELTANOLONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FOOTSHOCK; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULUS TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDATOR ODOR STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID EXCRETION; STEROID METABOLISM; TAIL PINCH TEST; TAIL SUSPENSION TEST; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANOLONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922814978     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.07.015     Document Type: Article

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