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Adolescent and adult heart rate responses to self-administered ethanol

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Ristuccia, Robert C., Spear, Linda P.·2008·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

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BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that adolescent rats have repeatedly been found to consume more ethanol than adult rats in a variety of ethanol access paradigms, the exact cause of the increase in ethanol consumption during adolescence is not known. One possibility is that age differences in sensitivity to ethanol's rewarding effects may contribute to the elevated intake seen among adolescents. Human studies have shown that autonomic effects of ethanol, particularly ethanol-induced tachycardia, are correlated with the positive hedonic properties of the drug and, hence, may serve as a biomarker for reward. METHODS: In this experiment, a limited-access self-administration paradigm was used to examine the autonomic effects of ethanol in outbred male adolescent and in adult Sprague-Dawley rats under circumstances likely to reveal the rewarding value of ethanol. RESULTS: The results indicated that voluntary ethanol consumption was greater in adolescent than adult rats and that only adolescents consumed enough of the saccharin-sweetened ethanol solution to show a tachycardic effect greater than that seen in response to saccharin alone. CONCLUSIONS: To the extent that these tachycardic properties of ethanol are associated with the rewarding/hedonic properties of ethanol as previously reported in humans, these findings support the suggestion that adolescent animals may have found the ethanol-containing solution to be more rewarding than the saccharin solution. A similar effect was not seen in adults, findings consistent with the notion that adult rats may not consume enough ethanol under these circumstances to experience its positive rewarding properties.

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Authors
Ristuccia, R. C., & Spear, L. P.
Affiliations
Binghamton University (US)
Corresponding author
Ristuccia, Robert C.
Venue
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-09-17
Volume
32
Issue
10
Pages
1807-1815
ISSN
  • 0145-6008 (ISSN-L)
  • 1530-0277
OpenAlex
W2126958086
Cited by
35
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (F31 AA16048, R37-AA12525, F31AA016048, R37AA012525)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Keywords
ethanol reward, adolescent rats
MeSH terms
Aging, Alcohol Drinking, Ethanol, Animals, Body Temperature, Body Weight, Brain, Heart Rate, Male, Motor Activity, Reward, Self Administration, Tachycardia, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats

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