Chunk #15 — 2. Materials and methods — 2.5. Olfactory testing of ethanol

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Activation of inflammatory signaling by lipopolysaccharide produces a prolonged increase of voluntary alcohol intake in mice.

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chow was placed on top of a Petri dish without ethanol. After the second day of surface target testing, the buried-target test was performed again daily for three more days. Every day, animals had to find the buried Petri dish with the cotton ball soaked in different concentrations of ethanol (5%, 10%, and 15%).