. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2013 Jul;64(2):343–349. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.11.012

Table 1.

Ethanol intake: Impact of pre- and post-pubertal gonadectomy (summary of main results from Vetter-O’Hagen & Spear, 2011b).

Gonadectomy	Sex	Ethanol intake during adolescence	Ethanol Intake during adulthood
Pre-pubertal on postnatal day (P) 23	male	No changes relative to sham and non- manipulated controls	Increased relative to sham and non-manipulated controls
Pre-pubertal on postnatal day (P) 23	female	No changes relative to sham and non- manipulated controls	No changes relative to sham and non-manipulated controls
Post-pubertal on P70	male	N/A	Increased relative to sham and non-manipulated controls
Post-pubertal on P70	female	N/A	No changes relative to sham and non-manipulated controls