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Ad lib alcohol selection level was shown to remain quite stable within individual rats during 26 weeks of access to 6% EtOH and water. Intersubject variability was high and did not alter systematically over time. The results were taken as contradictory to the hypothesis that history of exposure to, or consumption of alcohol affects the subsequent level of alcohol consumption, but to indicate that pre-experimental variables strongly affect consumption rate.
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1. This study is a portion of the research carried out under USPHS Grant No. MH 11063-02.
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Senter, R.J., Eimer, E.O. & Richman, C.L. Intersubject and intrasubject variability in the consumption of alcohol. Psychon Sci 10, 165–166 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331462
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