Fetal exposure to moderate ethanol doses: Heightened operant responsiveness elicited by ethanol-related reinforcers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1981-1993

  March, Samanta M ^a,c   Abate, Paula ^a,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

Ethanol; Extinction; Fetus; Neonate; Operant Learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MILK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SENSOR; STIMULUS; SUPINE POSITION; TASTE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRINKING; ETHANOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUININE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); WEIGHT GAIN;

ANAS; RATTUS;

EID: 70350493040     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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