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. 2022 Mar 30;16:859239. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.859239

TABLE 3.

Behavioral, structural, and molecular impacts following combined adolescent social isolation and adolescent ethanol exposure.

Study Strain (sex) Isolation model (age of isolation onset) EtOH paradigm Behavioral impacts Structural impacts Molecular impacts
Sanna et al., 2011 C57BL/6J mice (M) GH (6/cage) or SI (PND 21) c-2BC, 15% EtOH (only for EtOH intake experiment) ↑Intake and pref due to SI, ↓locomotion due to SI (OF, 9 weeks) ↑α4 and δ GABA mRNA subunits in hippocampus due to SI (9 weeks)
Schenk et al., 1990 Long-Evans rats (M) GH (4/cage) or SI (PND 21 or PND 65) c-2BC, 10% EtOH ↑Intake and pref due to SI
Pisu et al., 2011b Sprague-Dawley rats (M) GH (3/cage) or SI (PND 25) 24 h access 2BC, 4 weeks, 2.5–10% EtOH, PND 25–53 ↓Pref due to SI, ↑anxiety-like behavior (EPM) ↑α4 (SI) and δ (SI and EtOH) GABA mRNA subunits in hippocampus

Drinking data presented as (drinking paradigm, length of drinking period, percentage EtOH, PND drinking began) unless specific PNDs were given for drinking period. GH, group-housed; SI, social isolation; PND, postnatal day; M, males; F, females; i.p., intraperitoneal; i.g., intragastric; BC, bottle choice; c-2BC, consecutive 2-bottle choice; pref, preference; OF, open field; EPM, elevated plus maze.