Alcohol-induced place conditioning in moderate social drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To test whether non-dependent drinkers show place preference for a location paired with alcohol, and to test if the amount of time spent in the alcohol-paired location is related to self-reported subjective alcohol effects experienced in that environment.

Design

Two groups of subjects completed six conditioning sessions: three with alcohol (0.8 g/kg) and three without alcohol. Individuals were assigned randomly to two groups, paired and unpaired, in a 2 : 1 ratio. The paired group (n = 78) received alcohol in one testing room and no-alcohol in another testing room (biased assignment). The unpaired group (n = 30) received alcohol and no-alcohol in each testing room.

Setting

Human Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (single s

SUBMITTER: Childs E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5226878 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature