Citation

Smoothy R, Brain PF, Berry MS, Haug M. Alcohol Alcohol. 1986; 21(3): 241-245.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3768096

Abstract

Ethanol (0.5, 1.0 or 2.0 g/kg) was given intraperitoneally to lactating Swiss strain mice and the animal's response to a docile male intruder was assessed using a videotape analysis that estimated the time that the females allocated to non-social, social/sexual, aggressive and timid categories of response. No evidence was produced in this study that alcohol augmented aggression although conditions were certainly conducive for such an effect. Alcohol does, however, modify aspects of social behaviour in lactating female mice.

Language: en