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Do Rats Consume Ethanol To Regulate A Negative Emotion Induced By A Successive Negative Contrast Procedure?, Andrew Dieterich May 2016

Do Rats Consume Ethanol To Regulate A Negative Emotion Induced By A Successive Negative Contrast Procedure?, Andrew Dieterich

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

According to the self-medication hypothesis, individuals may consume drugs or alcohol, or engage in other behaviors in order to reduce a negative emotional state (Khantzian, 1985; Gross, 2013; Crum et al., 2013). Rats experiencing a negative state induced by various stressors (Bertholomey et al., 2010), or a decrease or loss in reward value of a sucrose solution (Manzo et al., 2015; Manzo et al., 2014) demonstrate increased consumption of alcohol. I used successive (SNC) and anticipatory negative contrast (ANC) procedures to further examine this hypothesis and the previous findings (Manzo et al., 2015), that rats increase consumption and preference for …


Does Hiv-1 Affect Sensitivity To Addictive Drugs? Methamphetamine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference In Hiv-1 Transgenic Rats, Brent Foster Costleigh Jan 2007

Does Hiv-1 Affect Sensitivity To Addictive Drugs? Methamphetamine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference In Hiv-1 Transgenic Rats, Brent Foster Costleigh

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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