Acute Ethanol Reduces Reversal Cost in Discrimination Learning by Reducing Perseverance in Adolescent Rhesus Macaques

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 952-960

  Wright, M Jerry ^a   Glavis Bloom, Courtney ^b   Taffe, Michael A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Monkey; Perseverance; Reversal Learning

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHANOL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; REVERSAL LEARNING;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84878422143     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12050     Document Type: Article

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