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Alcohol Use
Rat pups reared by ethanol-consuming dam voluntarily drink more ethanol later
February 10th, 2005
Rat pups reared by ethanol-consuming dam voluntarily drink more ethanol as they grew older, experiments show. "For exposure to alcohol early in life to potentiate alcohol abuse in adolescence or adulthood, consequences of early exposure to alcohol must be of considerable duration. In two experiments using Norway rats as subjects, we examined effects of exposure during weaning to a dam consuming ethanol on adolescents' later affinity for ethanol," reported P.L. Honey and colleagues, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Canada. "In a preliminary experiment, we offered rat pups a choice between 8% ethanol and water for 7 days immediately after they were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-10)
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