The effects of voluntary adolescent alcohol consumption on alcohol taste reactivity in Long Evans rats.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The relationship between age, ethanol intake, and the hedonic value of ethanol is key to understanding the motivation to consume ethanol.

Objective

It is uncertain whether ethanol drinking during adolescence changes ethanol's hedonic value into adulthood.

Methods

The current study compared voluntary intermittent ethanol consumption (IAE; 2-bottle choice; 20%v/v) among adolescent and adult Long-Evans rats to examine the effects of age and IAE on taste reactivity in adulthood. For taste reactivity, orally infused fluids included water, ethanol (5, 20, and 40%v/v), and sucrose (0.01, 0.1, 1M).

Results

IAE results indicate that adolescents drank more ethanol during IAE but had a lower rate of change in ethanol consumption across time than adults due to in

SUBMITTER: Wukitsch TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature