Operant ethanol reward in C57BL/6 mice: Influence of gender and procedural variables

Alcohol

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-194

  Middaugh, Lawrence D ^a   Kelley, Brian M ^a  

^a Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mice; Ethanol reward; Gender differences; Progressive ratio reinforcement schedule

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GENDER; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; THIRST;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032895382     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(98)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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