Intermittent ethanol access schedule in rats as a preclinical model of alcohol abuse

Alcohol

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-252

  Carnicella, Sebastien ^a,b   Ron, Dorit ^c   Barak, Segev ^d  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal models; Binge drinking; Blood ethanol concentrations; Ethanol; Excessive drinking; Intermittent access; Neuroadaptations; Operant self administration; Relapse; Two bottle choice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LONG EVANS RAT; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899926997     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.01.006     Document Type: Review

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