Ethanol's influence on the stimulus level required to evoke an orienting response in goldfish.
In goldfish the heart rate orienting response to periodic photic stimuli was measured by a specially designed computer that also regulated the intensity of the stimuli to maintain the response. When ethanol was administered, the fish then exhibited orienting responses to less intense stimuli; this increased excitability was maintained for the duration of all tests (i.e., a maximum of 26 hours). There also seemed to be a residual increase of excitability lasting as long as 7 days after the ethanol was administered.
D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000187:drug effects; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000187:drug effects*; D003530:Cyprinidae; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006054:Goldfish; D006339:Heart Rate; D009949:Orientation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013997:Time Factors
D000431:Ethanol