Separate measures of ethanol seeking and drinking in the rat: effects of remoxipride.

Remoxipride, a dopamine D(2) antagonist, decreases responding that results in the presentation of small amounts (approximately 0.1 ml) of ethanol in limited-access paradigms. This type of operant response is a combined appetitive/consummatory response that is differentially affected by changing stimulus properties of consumed ethanol (i.