Alcohol effects on behavioral thermoregulation with microwave radiation.

PAPER pubmed Psychological reports 1992 Animal study Effect: unclear Evidence: Very low

Read original paper → DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1992.70.3c.1160 PMID: 1496087 Evidence Lab

Abstract

Ethanol may play an active role in modifying "set point" levels in conjunction with behavioral thermoregulation. A geometric series of doses of ethanol solutions was administered (ip) prior to fixed-interval 2-min. schedules of microwave reinforcement in rats tested in a cold environment. Four Sprague-Dawley rats were conditioned to regulate their thermal environment with 5-sec. exposures of MW reinforcement. Friedman's nonparametric test showed significant differences between ethanol doses, and Sign tests showed that moderate and high doses of ethanol suppressed operant behavior reinforced by MW radiation. Interactions between changes in "set-point" and discriminative properties of ethanol are discussed.

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At a glance

Study type

Animal study

Effect direction

unclear

Population

Sprague-Dawley rats

Sample size

Exposure

microwave · 5-sec exposures; fixed-interval 2-min schedules

Evidence strength

Very low

Confidence: 74% · Peer-reviewed: yes

Main findings

In four rats tested in a cold environment, moderate and high intraperitoneal ethanol doses suppressed operant behavior that was reinforced by brief (5-sec) microwave exposures. Statistical tests indicated significant differences between ethanol doses.

Outcomes measured

behavioral thermoregulation
operant behavior reinforced by microwave (MW) radiation

Limitations

Very small sample size (n=4)
Microwave exposure parameters (e.g., frequency, SAR) not reported in abstract
Animal study; generalizability to humans unclear

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