Influence of ethanol on contrast in consummatory behavior

✍ Scribed by Howard C. Becker; Charles F. Flaherty

• Book ID: 104780891
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 661 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0033-3158
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00464576

✦ Synopsis

Negative contrast that occurs when rats are shifted from 32 % to 4 % sucrose was reduced by IP injections of ethanol (1.0g/kg) on postshift day2, but not on postshift day 1. Smaller doses (0.25 and 0.5 g/kg) were ineffective, while larger doses (1.5 and 2 g/kg) produced sedation. A dose of 0.75g/kg had effects similar to the 1.0g/kg dose when administered on post-shift day 2. These results parallel those obtained with chlordiazepoxide and differ somewhat from amobarbital treatment.