The reinforcing effects of acetaldehyde in the posterior ventral tegmental area of alcohol-preferring rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Rodd Henricks, Zachary A ^a   Melendez, Roberto I ^a,b   Zaffaroni, Alejandro ^a   Goldstein, Avram ^c   McBride, William J ^a   Li, Ting Kai ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol; Alcohol preferring rats; Ethanol; Intracranial self administration; Reinforcement; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFUSION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0036210032     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(01)00733-X     Document Type: Article

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