TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Ethanol drinking in socially housed squirrel monkeys
JO  - Behavioural pharmacology
A1  - Mandillo, S.
A1  - Titchen, K.
A1  - Miczek, Klaus A.
SP  - 363
EP  - 367
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - This study proposes a method to assess voluntary alcohol drinking in socially living squirrel monkeys. Group-housed squirrel monkeys were induced to drink a sucrose solution and subsequently an ethanol/sucrose solution in an experimental chamber attached to the home colony room, allowing the daily intake to be monitored for each individual without disrupting the social context. Sucrose concentration (0.03-0.6 M, corresponding to 1-20%) and ethanol concentration (0-4%) were gradually increased in tap water and in a 0.6 M (ca. 20%) sucrose solution during daily 30-min and 10-min sessions, respectively. Blood ethanol levels ranged from 10-50 mg/dl and remained below intoxication level. These experiments demonstrate that it is feasible to arrange conditions under which individual socially housed squirrel monkeys voluntarily drink a sweetened ethanol solution.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0955-8810
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -