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Published in final edited form as: Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2013 Apr 1;22(2):152–157. doi: 10.1177/0963721412472192

TABLE 1.

Adolescent-typical alcohol sensitivities seen in laboratory animals.

Adolescent rats are MORE sensitive than adults to alcohol-induced:

Impairment in brain plasticity & spatial memory (White & Swarzwelder, 2005)^*
Social Facilitation (Varlinskaya & Spear, 2002)
Rewarding effects (Pautassi et al, 2008; Ristuccia & Spear, 2008)

Adolescent rats are LESS sensitive than adults to alcohol-induced:

Aversive Effects (Vetter-O’Hagen et al, 2009)
Social Inhibition (Varlinskaya & Spear, 2002)
Sedation (Silveri & Spear, 1998)
Motor impairment (Silveri & Spear, 2001)
Disruption in locomotion (Little et al, 1996)
Hangover effects (Varlinskaya & Spear, 2004)

Sample references provided parenthetically – for additional references see the text, recommended readings, and the references cited in the articles listed in this Table.