Early Maternal Deprivation Enhances Voluntary Alcohol Intake Induced by Exposure to Stressful Events Later in Life

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Voluntary alcohol intake during adolescence. (a) Daily alcohol intake (g/kg/day) along the whole adolescent period. Data are presented as mean ± S.E.M and were analyzed by a repeated measures two-way ANOVA. (b) Adolescent averaged alcohol intake (g/kg/day). Data were analyzed by a two-way ANOVA. Rats were exposed to a single episode of early maternal deprivation (24 h on pnd 9, MD) or not deprived (control group, Co) and exposed during adolescence, from postnatal day (pnd) 28 to pnd 50, to voluntary alcohol intake (20% v/v, in a two-bottle choice paradigm). -10 cages per experimental group.

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