Table 2: Fluid and ethanol consumed over the chronic ethanol administration procedure.


Control/vehicle Control/ethanol Stress/vehicle Stress/ethanol

Fluid intake Fluid intake EtOH Fluid intake Fluid intake EtOH

Week 1 259.0 251.6 10.1 290.7 258.3 10.3
Week 2 227.2 228.1 9.1 247.2 242.2 9.2
Week 3 282.9 271.3 10.9 248.2 269.6 10.8

Data are expressed as the mean of group intake (g/kg/day/animal) since the animals were group-housed during the period of chronic ethanol administration procedure. EtOH = total amount of ethanol consumed (g/kg).