Rationale: A select number of electrophysiological findings have been demonstrated to differentiate rat lines selectively bred for high and low ethanol preference.
Objective: In the present study, EEGs and event-related potentials (ERPs) of high-alcohol-drinking (HAD) and low-alcohol-drinking (LAD) rats from replicate line 2 (HAD-2 and LAD-2) were assessed to determine if their neurophysiological profiles are similar to selected lines previously evaluated.
Methods: Rats obtained from Indiana University were implanted with cortical and amygdalar recording electrodes. Baseline EEG and ERPs were assessed in ethanol-naïve HAD-2 and LAD-2 rats. Animals subsequently were trained to self-administer ethanol by using a sucrose-substitution procedure.
Results: Compared with LAD-2 rats, HAD-2 rats displayed greater parietal cortical power in the 6 to 32 Hz frequency range of the EEG. Greater parietal cortical peak frequency in the 2 to 4 Hz range and decreased frontal, parietal, and amygdalar peak frequencies in the 16 to 32 Hz frequency range were also seen. Compared with LAD-2 rats, HAD-2 rats had decreased P2 latency of ERPs recorded in the parietal cortex. HAD-2 rats also had greater frontal, parietal, and amygdalar P2 amplitudes, greater frontal and parietal cortical P1 amplitudes, and greater parietal cortical P3 amplitudes compared with LAD-2 rats. As anticipated, HAD-2 rats consumed significantly greater levels of sucrose, sucrose-ethanol, and ethanol over the course of the sucrose-substitution procedure compared with LAD-2 rats.
Conclusions: These data suggest that increased cortical power is associated with high ethanol preference in a number of selectively bred rat lines. However, unique electrophysiological characteristics may index alcohol preference in each line.
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