Ethanol facilitates consummatory extinction

Rats given access to an empty sipper tube after having obtained 32% sucrose in the same situation undergo extinction of consummatory behavior (cE). Ethanol (0.75 and 1 g/kg, i.p.) accelerated cE when administered before the second extinction session. The effect was not attributable to increased acti...

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Authors: Kamenetzky, Giselle Vanesa, Mustaca, Alba Elisabeth, Pedrón, Valeria Teresa, Cuenya, Lucas, Papini, Mauricio Roberto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2009
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/105271
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105271
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ETHANOL
CONSUMMATORY
EXTINCTION
CONTRAST
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Summary:Rats given access to an empty sipper tube after having obtained 32% sucrose in the same situation undergo extinction of consummatory behavior (cE). Ethanol (0.75 and 1 g/kg, i.p.) accelerated cE when administered before the second extinction session. The effect was not attributable to increased activity or state-dependent reduction in consummatory behavior. These data are discussed in the context of research on the effects of ethanol on behavioral assays involving incentive downshifts.

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