Evaluation of chronic alcohol self-administration by a 3-bottle choice paradigm in adult male rats. Effects on behavioural reactivity, spatial learning and reference memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Cacace, Silvana ^a   Plescia, Fulvio ^a   La Barbera, Marco ^a   Cannizzaro, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol self administration; Alcoholic preference; Explorative behaviour; Free choice paradigm; Reference memory; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SELF CONTROL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSAL LEARNING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; WATER; WINE;

EID: 79952698349     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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