Article
Dissociation of ethanol and saccharin preference in sP and sNP rats.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jan 2000
Agabio R, Carai M A, Lobina C, Pani M, Reali R, Bourov I, Gessa G L, Colombo G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that ethanol intake and consumption of sweet tasting solutions are positively correlated in rodents. Experiment 1 of the present study investigated whether selectively bred ethanol-preferring (sP) and -nonpreferring (sNP) rats differed, consistently with the above hypothesis, as to saccharin intake and preference. Experiment 2 evaluated whether saccharin addition to the ethanol...
Topics
- Alcohol Drinking
- Animals
- Genotype
- Male
- Motivation
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
- Saccharin
- Taste
