[Indicators of spontaneous behavior of rhesus monkeys with short-term course alcohol self-administration under free choice].

Objective: To analyze spontaneous behavior in 36 male rhesus macaques during formation of alcoholic motivation under free choice.

Material And Methods: The model composed the initiation stage with the provision of an aqueous ethanol solution of increasing concentration from 1 to 4% with a sweetener and restricted access to the tap water supply and the subsequent stage of the formation of alcoholic motivation with a free choice between 4% ethanol solution without sweetener and water. The behavior was recorded by the «One-Zero» method with ethogram compiled in accordance with the behavioral peculiarities of rhesus monkeys when housed individually.