Ethanol Self-Administration in Serotonin Transporter Knockout Mice: Unconstrained Demand & Elasticity

Low serotonin function is associated with alcoholism, leading to speculation that increasing serotonin function could decrease ethanol consumption. Mice with one or two deletions of the serotonin transporter (SERT) gene have increased extracellular serotonin.
To examine the relationship between SERT genotype and motivation for alcohol, we compared ethanol self-administration in mice with zero