Alcohol state transfer effects with performance maintained by intracranial self-stimulation

Rats were trained in bar-pressing for septal self-stimulation with and without ethyl alcohol, and subsequently tested under the reversed state. In addition, animals were shaped to ratio schedules of reinforcement and observed in different alcohol conditions. The results show that with moderate alcohol dosages the response was acquired with equal facility regardless of drug state, and that the transfer from different drug states was approximately as complete as that from the identical drug state. The results are discussed as they relate to associative stimulus effects in drugged performance.