Effect of Some Self-Selection Conditions on the Voluntary Alcohol Intake of Rats

Contributions from behavioral theories of choice to an analysis of alcohol abuse.

“…The threesolution choice reduced preference for alcohol relative to the alcohol-water choice, with sucrose and fat producing the most and least reduction in alcohol preference, respectively. Similar effects on alcohol preference have been found in studies using sugar solutions other than sucrose (Mardonnes, Segovia-Riquelme, Hederra, & Alcaino, 1955;Rodgers & McClearn, 1964).…”

Influence of the Number of Alcohol and Water Bottles on Murine Alcohol Intake

“…This implies that alcohol consumption is determined by the availability of alcohol relative to the total number of choices; that is, the choice to ingest alcohol is made within the context of other available options. There are several examples of rodents given a choice between various concentrations of alcohol, or alcohol and a sweet solution (e.g., Fuller, 1964;Gentry and Dole, 1987;Lester and Greenberg, 1952;Mardones et al, 1955;Rodd-Henricks et al, 2001). Although it is often assumed that intake of each fluid is independent from other choices in such tests, our results suggest that this is probably not the case.…”