Infant rats exhibit aversive learning mediated by ethanol's orosensory effects but are positively reinforced by ethanol's post-ingestive effects

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-402

  Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a   Molina, Juan Carlos ^a,b   Spear, Norman ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ethanol pre exposure; Ethanol reinforcement; Infant rat; Intraoral ethanol; Learning; Ontogeny; Tactile conditioning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUB; INFANCY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASTE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; TASTE; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 37249033336     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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