Figure 4.

EtOH consumption in single-bottle and two-bottle choice drinking in the dark (DID) procedures is greater in female than male B6FVBF2 mice, and EtOH intake is reduced when water is offered as an alternative source of fluid. Shown are means ± SEM for EtOH consumption during 2-h periods on five consecutive days (days 22–26 in Fig 1). EtOH was offered for 4 total hours on days 25 and 26. *** p < 0.001 for the comparison of data for the sexes combined on day 26 versus all means for the sexes combined on days 22–25 (Note: because there was no interaction of sex and day, effects for each sex were not analyzed across days).