Saccharin intake predicts ethanol intake in genetically heterogeneous rats as well as different rat strains.

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1993.tb00777.x

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Saccharin intake predicts ethanol intake in genetically heterogeneous rats as well as different rat strains.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 1993

Overstreet D H, Kampov-Polevoy A B, Rezvani A H, Murrelle L, Halikas J A, Janowsky D S

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Saccharin and ethanol intakes were measured in seven strains of rats known to differ in their preferences for ethanol: The Fawn-Hooded (FH), alcohol-preferring (P) and Maudsley Reactive rats have been reported to drink ethanol voluntarily, whereas the alcohol-nonpreferring, Maudsley Nonreactive a...

Topics

Alcohol Drinking
Animals
Arousal
Drinking
Genotype
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Saccharin
Species Specificity
Taste

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