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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Pharmacol. 2008 Feb;19(1):1–12. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3282f3cf70

Table 2. Effects of duloxetine, naltrexone, and MPZP and naltrexone on water intake, total fluid intake, and preference [ethanol/supersac:total (E/S:T)] for sweetened alcohol solution by animals in the operant (experiment 2) alcohol binge group and supersac solution by supersac controls.

Water intake (ml) Total fluid (ml) Preference (E/S:T)
Duloxetine
 Alcohol binge drinkers
  0 mg/kg 0.88 ± 0.30 3.68 ± 0.47 0.70 ± 0.10
  2 mg/kg 0.43 ± 0.18 1.93 ± 0.42** 0.72 ± 0.08
  4 mg/kg 0.33 ± 0.16 0.92 ± 0.34** 0.57 ± 0.14
  8 mg/kg 0.01 ± 0.01 ** 0.03 ± 0.03** N/A
 Supersac controls
  0 mg/kg 0.40 ± 0.10 21.30 ± 2.44 0.98 ± 0.00
  2 mg/kg 0.08 ± 0.04** 9.84 ± 2.55** 0.99 ± 0.00
  4 mg/kg 0.07 ± 0.03** 7.43 ± 2.23** 0.98 ± 0.01
  8 mg/kg 0.03 ± 0.02** 0.74 ± 0.39** 0.91 ± 0.06
Naltrexone
 Alcohol binge drinkers
  0 μg/kg 1.30 ± 0.34 3.91 ± 0.36 0.68 ± 0.08
  16 μg/kg 1.29 ± 0.27 4.17 ± 0.54 0.67 ± 0.06
  50 μg/kg 1.33 ± 0.38 3.45 ± 0.42 0.63 ± 0.08
  150 μg/kg 1.12 ± 0.33 3.15 ± 0.41 0.66 ± 0.08
  450 μg/kg 0.93 ± 0.25 2.42 ± 0.34** 0.62 ± 0.07
 Supersac controls
  0 μg/kg 0.22 ± 0.10 19.23 ± 2.30 0.99 ± 0.01
  16 μg/kg 0.23 ± 0.13 19.13 ± 1.43 0.98 ± 0.01
  50 μg/kg 0.09 ± 0.04 16.87 ± 1.70 1.00 ± 0.00
  150 μg/kg 0.24 ± 0.12 16.05 ± 1.93 0.98 ± 0.01
  450 μg/kg 0.14 ± 0.10 13.70 ± 1.79** 0.99 ± 0.01
MPZP
 Alcohol binge drinkers
  0 mg/kg 1.04 ± 0.16 3.00 ± 0.15 0.65 ± 0.05
  5 mg/kg 1.00 ± 0.43 3.18 ± 0.39 0.75 ± 0.08
  10 mg/kg 1.06 ± 0.29 3.58 ± 0.42 0.71 ± 0.06
  20 mg/kg 1.09 ± 0.26 3.80 ± 0.39 0.72 ± 0.07
 Supersac controls
  0 mg/kg 0.23 ± 0.08 22.18 ± 2.26 0.99 ± 0.00
  5 mg/kg 0.19 ± 0.08 21.62 ± 2.07 0.99 ± 0.01
  10 mg/kg 0.28 ± 0.06 22.29 ± 1.74 0.99 ± 0.00
  20 mg/kg 0.23 ± 0.07 21.96 ± 2.25 0.98 ± 0.01
**

P<0.01 relative to vehicle condition;

N/A indicates denominator (total fluid intake) was zero for many of the individual rats.