Sensitivity to reinforcer delay predicts ethanol's suppressant effects, but itself is unaffected by ethanol

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 22-28

  Moschak, Travis M ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Ethanol; Impulsivity; Intertemporal choice; Low level of response to alcohol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

DELAY DISCOUNTING; ETHANOL; IMPULSIVITY; INTERTEMPORAL CHOICE; LOW LEVEL OF RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84881666849     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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