Ethanol Is Self‐Administered Into the Nucleus Accumbens Shell, But Not the Core: Evidence of Genetic Sensitivity

Abstract

The present results indicate that the AcbSh, but not AcbC, is a neuroanatomical structure that mediates the reinforcing actions of EtOH. The data also suggest that, compared to Wistar rats, the AcbSh of P rats is more sensitive to the reinforcing effects of EtOH.