The role of acetaldehyde in ethanol reinforcement assessed by Pavlovian conditioning in newborn rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 491-499

  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

Acetaldehyde; d Penicillamine; Ethanol; Neonate; Ontogeny; Reinforcement; Suckling

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; PENICILLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATALASE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PENICILLAMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84876460541     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2920-9     Document Type: Article

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