Food deprivation-induced alcohol ingestion in the mouse: Calories versus primary sensory preference

Tibor Palfai; Wayne Reckhow

doi:10.1016/0091-3057(77)90100-9

Food deprivation-induced alcohol ingestion in the mouse: Calories versus primary sensory preference

Tibor Palfai, Wayne Reckhow

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Random bred Swiss mice showed preference for water over 10% ethanol solution when unlimited food was available. When partially food deprived, the preference was reversed in 5 out of 8 animals. About half of the naive mice, however, ingested substantial amounts of this ethanol solution at the very first exposure when partially food deprived for 12 days. It is suggested that while the caloric value of ethanol is reinforcing, food deprivation might make the sensory effects of ethanol also reinforcing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	709-712
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(77)90100-9
State	Published - Jun 1977

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Keywords

Alcohol
Ethanol
Mice
Preference

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Toxicology
Pharmacology
Clinical Biochemistry
Biological Psychiatry
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Palfai, T., & Reckhow, W. (1977). Food deprivation-induced alcohol ingestion in the mouse: Calories versus primary sensory preference. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 6(6), 709-712. https://doi.org/10.1016/0091-3057(77)90100-9

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