Days after cocaine administration had ceased, the rats exposed to alcohol pressed the cocaine lever 58 times, on average — far more than the 18 lever presses averaged by the rats that were not ...

Rats given alcohol for 10 days prior to cocaine exhibited enhanced cocaine-addiction behavior, including continuing to seek cocaine despite receiving a brief electric shock when they did so, a new ...

According to the study, published in Science Advances on Wednesday, the researchers first trained rats to use a lever that would give them water laced with alcohol. Then they got half the rats ...

New York City plans to eliminate its rat population by enticing the creatures with bait before drowning them in a bucket of alcohol. A new rat-dunking gadget that attracts the rodents with food ...

Beginning with a population of genetically diverse rats, researchers at the Indiana Alcohol Research Center bred two lines: one group that displayed classic clinical signs of alcoholism and another ...

The rats that had been given alcohol "were significantly more resistant to punishment," the study authors wrote. On a molecular level, the scientists noted that, ...

Effects of combined use of alcohol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol on working memory in Long Evans rats. Behavioural Brain Research , 2023; 449: 114475 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114475 ...

The team initially set out to examine the long-term effects of heavy alcohol consumption. They acquired 194 rats that had been bred over several generations to prefer alcohol in their water supply and ...

In a study believed to have implications for children and adults suffering from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, rat pups given alcohol during a period of rapid brain development demonstrated significant ...

Lauren K. Carrica et al, Effects of combined use of alcohol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol on working memory in Long Evans rats, Behavioural Brain Research (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114475 ...