title: Ethanol self-administration by alcohol-nonpreferring (NP) rats in a continuous access situation.
abstract: Male rats, from the alcohol nonpreferring (NP) line, were studied in operant chambers in which food pellets, water, and 10% ethanol (v/v) were available continuously for 23 h/d. The NP rats consumed less ethanol per day following 7 weeks under these conditions than did either alcohol-preferring (P) rats or Long-Evans (LE) studied previously under the same conditions for 4 weeks. The NP rats consumed 0.2 g/kg per day during the first week of the experiment, 0.72 g/kg per day during the fourth week, and 1.03 g/kg per day during the seventh week compared to 2.2 g/kg per day for LE rats and 4.8 g/kg per day for P rats following 4 weeks. These data indicate that NP rats will slowly initiate ethanol self-administration under continuous access conditions, but to a lesser extent and at a slower rate than other lines of rats studied previously.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Files
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Samson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005502:Food; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012646:Self Administration
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol