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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2019 Sep 19;83:47–56. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2019.09.003

Figure 10: BEC results indicated that animals experienced the pharmacological effects of ethanol in both standard 2CAP and Free Access testing.

Figure 10:

(A) Immediately following 2CAP, 2 Wistars (total: 8) and 7 P rats (total: 8) achieved BEC values greater than 40 mg/dl. (B) Immediately following Free Access testing, the same number of animals achieved BEC values greater than 40 mg/dl. During Free Access testing most animals consumed the majority of the alcohol during the first few minutes of the session (i.e., roughly one hour prior to blood draw), whereas during standard 2CAP animals were forced to more evenly disperse consumption throughout the session. These differences in consumption pattern resulted in different intake vs. BEC relationships.