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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Oct 23;34(1):72–80. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01068.x

Table 2.

Behavioral Measures in Female and Male Mice Drinking Ethanol Ad Libitum at Different Concentrations

Female Male
WT GALKO WT GALKO
Chow Intake (kcal/day)
3% 13 ± 0.53 14 ± 1.50 18 ± 0.72 16 ± 0.32
8% 18 ± 1.40 17 ± 0.42 16 ± 0.41 14 ± 0.64
10% 17 ± 0.73 18 ± 0.64 16 ± 0.52 13 ± 2.40
15% 17 ± 1.20 16 ± 0.92 15 ± 0.62 14 ± 2.10
Water Intake (g/kg/day)
3% 84 ± 5.0 89 ± 6.2 85 ± 7.2 85 ± 5.7
8% 65 ± 2.3 68 ± 2.1 70 ± 8.1 68 ± 4.9
10% 51 ± 6.0 66 ± 1.4 80 ± 6.5 88 ± 6.1
15% 65 ± 7.2 73 ± 0.8 99 ± 5.8 92 ± 8.7
Total Fluid Intake (g/kg/day)
3% 171 ± 7.3 166 ± 9.5 138 ± 7.2 148 ± 5.7
8% 126 ± 13.5 162 ± 15.0 106 ± 7.2 93 ± 3.2
10% 111 ± 12.3 122 ± 11.6 125 ± 8.4 104 ± 3.1
15% 149 ± 9.4 129 ± 9.1* 159 ± 14.4 133 ± 14.6
Body Weight (g)
3% 22 ± 0.7 23 ± 0.7 26 ± 0.8 27 ± 1.3
8% 23 ± 0.7 22 ± 0.4 27 ± 0.9 28 ± 1.1
10% 23 ± 1.0 22 ± 0.4 27 ± 0.5 30 ± 1.0
15% 24 ± 1.3 24 ± 1.0 29 ± 0.8 30 ± 0.9
Sucrose Preference (%)
1.70% 82 ± 7.2 89 ± 6.4 92 ± 3.0 91 ± 3.0
4.30% 81 ± 7.8 87 ± 9.1 96 ± 9.5 87 ± 4.0
Quinine Preference (%)
0.03 mM 18 ± 2.3 17 ± 1.6 15 ± 2.1 15 ± 3.2
0.10 mM 19 ± 2.6 15 ± 1.0 13 ± 1.0 15 ± 1.3
*

p<0.05 comparing GALKO to WT mice