Early social isolation in male long-evans rats alters both appetitive and consummatory behaviors expressed during operant ethanol self-administration

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-282

  McCool, Brian A ^a   Chappell, Ann M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Consumption; Light dark box; Plus maze; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; JUVENILE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAINING; WEANING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; APPETITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRINKING; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 58849122851     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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