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Relatively few investigators have made use of the golden hamster as an experimental animal for ethanol studies. This is somewhat surprising insofar as hamsters show a marked preference for ethanol solutions in free-choice experiments. Given a choice of water or a 10% ethanol solution, hamsters will drink 88% of their total fluid as ethanol solution (Arvola and Forsander, 1961). Furthermore, the most preferred concentration of ethanol for the male hamster is 15% (Arvola and Forsander, 1963) in contrast to the rat that shows a preference only for much lower ethanol concentrations.
This research was supported by USPHS grant DA-01253.
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Geller, I., Hartmann, R.J. (1977). Alteration of Ethanol Preference in Hamsters: Effects of Photoperiod and 5-Hydroxytryptophan. In: Gross, M.M. (eds) Alcohol Intoxication and Withdrawal—IIIb. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 85B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9038-5_15
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