Effects of self-administered alcohol concentration on the frequency and persistence of rats' attending to alcohol cues

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-211

  Shahan, Timothy A ^a   Jimenez Gomez, Corina ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attention; Conditioned reinforcement; Drug cues; Ethanol; Observing response; Rat; Self administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33645714886     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200605000-00001     Document Type: Article

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