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Paired Housing Or A Socially-Paired Context Decreases Ethanol Conditioned Place Preference In Male Rats, Eva Lorenz, Chase Moye, Kah-Chung Leong
Paired Housing Or A Socially-Paired Context Decreases Ethanol Conditioned Place Preference In Male Rats, Eva Lorenz, Chase Moye, Kah-Chung Leong
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Alcohol abuse dramatically affects individuals’ lives nationwide. The 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimated that 10.2% of Americans suffer from alcohol use disorder. Although social support has been shown to aid in general addiction prevention and rehabilitation, the benefits of social support are not entirely understood. The present study sought to compare the benefits of social interaction on the conditioned ethanol approach behavior in rats through a conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm in which a drug is paired with one of two distinct contexts. In experiment 1A, rats were single-housed and received conditioning trials in which …