Publication Date:
1984-07-06
Description:
An ethanol-preferring line of rats, developed by selective breeding, consumed as much as 9.4 +/- 1.7 grams of ethanol per kilogram of body weight per day through intragastric self-infusions, yielding blood ethanol concentrations of 92 to 415 milligrams per 100 milliliters. By contrast, the ethanol- nonpreferring line self-administered only 0.7 +/- 0.2 gram per kilogram per day. These findings indicate that the reinforcing effect of ethanol is postabsorptive and is not mediated by the drug's smell or taste. Hence the ethanol-preferring line of rats may be suitable animal model of alcoholism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Waller, M B -- McBride, W J -- Gatto, G J -- Lumeng, L -- Li, T K -- AA-03243/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/ -- MH-00203/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1984 Jul 6;225(4657):78-80.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6539502" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alcohol Drinking
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Alcoholism/*physiopathology
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Animals
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Disease Models, Animal
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Ethanol/*administration & dosage/blood/metabolism
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Humans
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Male
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Rats
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Rats, Inbred Strains
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Reinforcement (Psychology)
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Stomach/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
