Article
Genetic correlation between performance on an appetitive-signaled nosepoke task and voluntary ethanol consumption.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 1998
Logue S F, Swartz R J, Wehner J M
Abstract excerpt
The present study used a signaled appetitive nosepoke task as a measure of behavioral control or impulsivity related to reward system function in mice and determined how impulsivity correlated with voluntary ethanol consumption. Thirteen inbred strains were trained to nosepoke for food rewards an...
Topics
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alcoholic Intoxication
- Animals
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
- Impulsive Behavior
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Motivation
- Species Specificity
