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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the Indiana University rat lines selectively bred for high and low alcohol preference.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 2002
Murphy James M, Stewart Robert B, Bell Richard L, Badia-Elder Nancy E, Carr Lucinda G, McBride William J, Lumeng Lawrence, Li Ting-Kai
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The Indiana lines of selected rats, the HAD and LAD replicates and the P and NP lines, were bred for high and low alcohol preference. The P and HAD lines have met criteria for an animal model of alcoholism in that they voluntarily consume sufficient ethanol to achieve significant blood alcohol concentrations, and their alcohol-seeking behavior is reinforced by the pharmacological effects of ethanol rather than...
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