Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increases intravenous ethanol self-administration in dietary obese rats.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increases intravenous ethanol self-administration in dietary obese rats.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) is an effective treatment for severe obesity. Clinical studies however have reported susceptibility to increased alcohol use after RYGB, and preclinical studies have shown increased alcohol intake in obese rats after RYGB. This could reflect a direct enhanceme...

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Main Authors: James E Polston, Carolyn E Pritchett, Jonathan M Tomasko, Ann M Rogers, Lorenzo Leggio, Panayotis K Thanos, Nora D Volkow, Andras Hajnal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877092?pdf=render

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