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. 2016 Mar 3;10:31. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00031

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Post-gestational drinking behavior. (A) Alcohol intake (expressed in g/kg/day) during post-gestational days over 9 drinking sessions in female rats exposed to the home cage, 2-bottle “alcohol vs. water” choice regimen, under the following conditions: CAR, 20% v/v alcohol with continuous access; IAR-20% v/v alcohol with intermittent access. Bonferroni post-hoc test indicated that IAR significantly increased their alcohol intake with respect to CAR on PND5 (t = 3.161, p < 0.05), PND10 (t = 3.141, p < 0.05), PND15 (t = 3.005, p < 0.05), PND17 (t = 3.336, p < 0.05), and PND19 (t = 3.602, p < 0.01). (B) Total sum of alcohol consumed over the entire period. (C) Total fluid intake (ml) in CAR over the 3 post-gestational weeks. (D) Total fluid intake (ml) in IAR over the 3 post-gestational weeks. (E) Mean fluid consumption over the entire period. Each point or bar is the mean ± S. E. M. of n = 8 rats. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 vs. CAR.