ETHANOL PREFERENCE IN ADULT RATS CAN BE PREDICTED IN INFANCY BY MEANS OF PREFERENCE AND ANESTHESIA TESTS

Author

• DIANE KACHELE MOORMAN

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1987

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Infant rats display differences in duration of anesthesia in response to an hypnotic dose of ethanol. These differences are predictive of the adult rat's preference for ethanol. Infants as young as 4 days of age that display short duration of ethanol anesthsia display marked preference for ethanol when tested as adults. Infants that display long duration of anesthesia, conversely, exhibit a marked lack of preference. Additionally, infant ethanol ingestion correlates highly with adult ethanol ingestion. These findings demonstrate that adult differences in susceptibility to experimental alcoholism can be determined in infancy.

Extent

43 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1987.

Recommended Citation

MOORMAN, DIANE KACHELE, "ETHANOL PREFERENCE IN ADULT RATS CAN BE PREDICTED IN INFANCY BY MEANS OF PREFERENCE AND ANESTHESIA TESTS" (1987). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 534.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/534

Identifier

FADT14373

Format

pdf