An Analysis of Factors Influencing Alcohol Consumption of Alcoholic Rats.
Abstract
Seven experiments are reported which are part of a research project to understand factors that influence alcohol consumption of rats and to develop techniques that will make the rat the counterpart of the human alcoholic. In the first two experiments investigated the role that taste and caloric stress play in influencing alcohol consumption of rats. The rats in these experiments were individually housed in activity wheels, placed on 23.5-hour feeding schedules and offered ad lib access to water and to beer that had various concentrations of alcohol added. The results showed that rats drank preferred beer-alcohol solutions to alleviate caloric stress that resulted from living in the activity wheels on the restricted feeding schedule. When the caloric stress could not be alleviated by drinking a preferred lower-alcohol-containing solution the rats voluntarily drank sufficient quantities of nonpreferred beer-alcohol solutions that contained higher amounts of ethanol. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0780116
Entities
People
- Harold C. Nielson
Organizations
- University of Utah