Reinforcing Properties: Ethanol-Rats Without Water Deprivation, Saccharin Fading l Protocol Preview

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A Method for Evaluating the Reinforcing Properties of Ethanol in Rats without Water Deprivation, Saccharin Fading or Extended Access Training - a 2 minute Preview of the Experimental Protocol

Eric Augier, Russell S. Dulman, Erick Singley, Markus Heilig
Linköping University, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, IKE; National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism;

This protocol describes a novel and efficient method to quickly initiate operant responding for ethanol in rats that, contrary to standard methods, does not require water deprivation or saccharin/sucrose fading to initiate responding.

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