Investigating social housing: The effects of isolation on rodent ethanol consumption
Clare Bradley
Abstract:<p><strong>Many animal studies investigating Alcohol Use Disorder isolate animals for weeks at a time for accuracy in measures of voluntary consumption. This practice is stressful for the animals, and may be a confound for examining other behaviours following ethanol exposure. For example, chronic isolation and ethanol consumption have been shown to affect anxiety and depression-indicating behaviours in rats, but these studies report ethanol only as affecting anxiety while housing animals individua… Show more
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