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The article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 RSA Meeti
ng in Denver, Colorado. The co-chairs were Cristine L. Czachowski and Craig
J. Slawecki. The presentations were (1) Behavioral assessment of ethanol s
eeking and self-administration, by Cristine L. Czachowski; (2) Electrophysi
ological measures of ethanol preference and reinforcing efficacy, by Craig
J. Slawecki; (3) Genetic differences in locomotor sensitization and reward
phenotypes associated with bidirectional selection for alcohol preference i
n mice, by Nicholas J. Grahame; (4) Transgenic and knockout mouse models: P
owerful tools for investigating the neurobiology of alcoholism, by Todd E.
Thiele; and (5) Neurochemical characteristics that may predict ethanol pref
erence in selected P and NP rats: A quantitative midrodialysis study, by Si
mon N. Katner.