Ethanol-mediated operant learning in the infant rat leads to increased ethanol intake during adolescence

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 640-650

  Ponce, Luciano Federico ^a,c   Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^b,c   Spear, Norman E ^b   Molina, Juan Carlos ^a,b,c  

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

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Ethanol; Infant; Operant learning; Reinforcement; Voluntary intake

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 48749105301     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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