Open-field emotional reactivity and alcohol intake in rats.
The relationship between open-field emotional reactivity and alcohol intake was investigated. Randomly selected, high and low open-field defecation (OFD) groups from each of the MNR, MR and RCA genetic lines of rats were used. No functional relation between OFD as a measure of emotional reactivity and alcohol intake was found. Differences in alcohol intake among genetic lines were confirmed. It is concluded that emotional reactivity is a mediating process related independently to both OFD and alcohol intake.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000818:Animals; D003672:Defecation / Q000187:drug effects; D004644:Emotions / Q000187:drug effects; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012641:Selection, Genetic