Prenatal exposure to ethanol during late gestation facilitates operant self-administration of the drug in 5-day-old rats

Alcohol

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-23

  Miranda Morales, Roberto Sebastián ^a   Nizhnikov, Michael E ^a   Spear, Norman E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol reinforcement; Infant rat; Late gestation; Operant self administration; Prenatal ethanol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SACCHARIN; WATER;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LATE GESTATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ETHANOL REINFORCEMENT; INFANT RAT; LATE GESTATION; OPERANT SELF-ADMINISTRATION; PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84892548325     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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