While appetitive reinforcement effects of ethanol are easily detected in rat neonates, such phenomena rarely have been observed in older infants. Recently, Molina et al. [Molina, J. C., Ponce L. F.,… (More)
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Although tests specific to newborn rats have frequently verified their susceptibility to the reinforcing properties of ethanol, demonstration of comparable reinforcing effects in older… (More)
This study focuses on "passive social influences" (alcohol-related information acquired by an organism that interacts with an intoxicated counterpart) that can potentially affect alcohol preference… (More)
Human fetal ethanol exposure is strongly associated with ethanol avidity during adolescence. Evidence that intrauterine olfactory experience influences chemosensory-guided postnatal behaviors… (More)
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Even though ethanol is considered to exert antianxiety effects, the existence of such properties during early ontogeny of the rat has rarely received attention, mainly because of the… (More)
It has been previously suggested that maternal alcohol intoxication during the last days of pregnancy promotes fetal experiences that include chemosensory processing of the drug. In this study… (More)
The present study examined behavioral sensitivity and acute tolerance to ethanol in infants with or without a moderate prenatal ethanol experience. During gestational days 17-20 dams received 0.0 or… (More)
Near the end of the second postnatal week motor activity is increased soon after ethanol administration (2.5 g/kg) while sedation-like effects prevail when blood ethanol levels reach peak values.… (More)
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Despite good evidence that ethanol abuse in adulthood is more likely the earlier human adolescents begin drinking, it is unclear why the early onset of drinking occurs in the first place.… (More)
Previous human and animal studies have shown that specific memories arise during prenatal life as a function of fetal processing of chemosensory stimuli present in the amniotic fluid. Furthermore,… (More)