Alcohol
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , May 2004

Taste-aversion-prone (TAP) rats and taste-aversion-resistant (TAR) rats differ in ethanol self-administration, but not in ethanol clearance or general consumption

  • T. Edward Orr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3800, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Whitford-Stoddard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3800, USA
    • ,
  • Ralph L. Elkins

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Mental Health and Behavioral Science 26, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6385, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912-3800, USA
    • Corresponding Author Information∗Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-706-733-0188, ext. 6255; fax: +1-706-731-7190.

Received 3 November 2003 ,Revised 8 March 2004 ,Accepted 16 March 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.03.002

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