REINFORCEMENT WITH INTRA-GASTRIC INFUSIONS OF ETHANOL - BLOCKING EFFECT OF FLA-57
REINFORCEMENT WITH INTRA-GASTRIC INFUSIONS OF ETHANOL - BLOCKING EFFECT OF FLA-57
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DOI:
10.1016/0091-3057(79)90038-8
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
SMITH, SG
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作者:
DAVIS, WM;WERNER, TE;SMITH, SG
Suppression of oral intake of ethanol by FLA 57 [4-methy-l-homopiperazinedithiocarboxylic acid] was reported for rats and was attributed to an inhibition of dopamine .beta.-hydroxylase. The ability of FLA 57 (50 mg/kg, i.p.) to suppress bar-pressing for intragastric (IG) delivery of doses of ethanol (25 mg/kg). The effect on oral intake of ethanol may not be attributed to a taste factor, e.g., a decreased palatability of the ethanol solution. The same dose of FLA 57 did not suppress responding for IG doses of sweet milk. There was not an impairment of appetitive behavior in general through some nonspecific depressant or toxic action. The primary reinforcing action of ethanol, when used to establish a buzzer as a conditioned reinforcer through repeated pairings, was blocked if FLA 57 was given before pairings. This was evidenced by a failure of such rats to bar-press above the baseline level in a later test of conditioned reinforcement, which contrasted with the increased responding seen for rats receiving saline instead of FLA 57 before ethanol. Previous findings on oral ethanol were supported and that FLA 57 can impair the mechanism by which ethanol produces positive reinforcement in rats was confirmed.