Ethanol-mediated appetitive conditioning in infant rats, but not corticosterone release, is dependent on route of ethanol administration

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Pautassi, Ricardo Marcos ^a   Nizhnikov, Michael Eduard ^b   Spear, Norman E ^b  

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

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive conditioning; Corticosterone; Ethanol; Infant rat; Route of administration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

RATTUS;

EID: 82855179170     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20567     Document Type: Article

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