@article{e544ac8cd4c84d1c93f190ea21af771d,
title = "Pineal gland: Evidence for an influence on ethanol preference in male syrian hamsters",
abstract = "1. 1. If adult male hamsters kept in light: dark cycles of 14: 10 are given a choice to drink water or 5% ethanol, they show a preference for the alcohol solution. Hamsters that are pinealectomized exhibit a reduced preference for ethanol. 2. 2. Blinded hamsters show an exaggerated ethanol preference which is also reduced by either pinealectomy or decentralization of the superior cervical ganglia. 3. 3. Daily melatonin injections of subcutaneously implanted melatonin-beeswax pellets do not influence ethanol preference in hamsters.",
keywords = "Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), ethanol preference, melatonin, pineal gland, superior cervical ganglia, water intake, pinealectomy",
author = "Reiter, {R. J.} and K. Blum and Wallace, {J. E.} and Merritt, {J. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Twenty individually caged adult male hamsters were given a choice of drinking fluids. The three-bottle, two-choice method (Myers & Holman, 1966) for administering the fluids was used : one bottle contained tap water, another contained 5 y0 aqueous ethanol and a third bottle was empty. The amount of fluid consumed was measured weekly. At these times, the bottles were rotated in terms of position on the cages. Animals were exposed * Supported by U.S.P.H.S. Grants Nos. HD-06523, 5 SOlRR and AFOSR-71-2074. t U.S.P.H.S. Career Development Awardee, HD-42398.",
year = "1974",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/0300-9629(74)90045-0",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "47",
pages = "11--16",
journal = "Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology",
issn = "0300-9629",
number = "1",
}