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Delay discounting predicts behavioral sensitization to ethanol in outbred WSC mice.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Mar 2006
Mitchell Suzanne H, Reeves Jamie M, Li Na, Phillips Tamara J
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BACKGROUND: Alcoholic individuals discount the value of future rewards more steeply than social drinkers, which is viewed as symptomatic of higher levels of impulsivity. However, the mechanisms underlying this difference are unknown. This study examined 2 hypotheses about the relationship between discounting and ethanol's effects in mice: (1) steep discounters are less sensitive to the initial stimulant-like...
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