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Effects of an Ethanol-Paired Conditioned Stimulus on Responding for Ethanol Suppressed by a Conditioned-Taste-Aversion.

R. J. Lamb,C. Schindler,B. Ginsburg

Published 2023 in Alcohol

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Ethanol-Paired Conditioned Stimuli (CS) can increase ethanol responding either in extinction or occurring at low rates late in a session. To examine the generality of CS induced increases in ethanol-responding, we examined if a CS could increase responding suppressed by Conditioned-Taste-Aversion (CTA), which presumably suppresses responding by changing ethanol's valence from positive to negative. Rats were trained to respond for ethanol under a Random Interval (RI) schedule. We then removed the lever and paired Random-Time ethanol deliveries with illumination of a stimulus light (i.e., CS) for ten sessions. Results were compared with a Truly Random Control group, in which the light and ethanol deliveries occurred independently. In a subsequent experiment, rats were treated similarly, except the light served as a discriminative stimulus, as the lever was extended and ethanol deliveries were available under a RI during light presentations. After this training, the lever was returned and rats again responded for ethanol. Subsequently, sessions were followed by LiCl administration. When responding reached low levels, LiCl administration stopped and the light was occasionally illuminated during the session. Responding during the light presentation was compared to responding during the period preceding light presentation. Responding partially recovered across ten sessions and was greater during light presentations than in the period before it in all three groups. Increases were not reliably different between the groups indicating that explanations for these increases such as CS-induced increases in motivation or approach towards the light are unlikely to be correct. The most likely explanation for these light-induced increases is that during sessions in which the light had been presented previously, LiCl had never been presented and thus, the light had come to signal that ethanol was safe to drink.

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