Development and Pilot Validation of Computer-Assisted Self-Infusion of Ethanol (CASE): A New Method to Study Alcohol Self-Administration in Humans

  1. Ulrich S. Zimmermann,
  2. Inge Mick,
  3. Victor Vitvitskyi,
  4. Martin H. Plawecki,
  5. Karl F. Mann,
  6. Sean O’Connor

Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00700.x

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 32, Issue 7, pages 1321–1328, July 2008

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Zimmermann, U. S., Mick, I., Vitvitskyi, V., Plawecki, M. H., Mann, K. F. and O’Connor, S. (2008), Development and Pilot Validation of Computer-Assisted Self-Infusion of Ethanol (CASE): A New Method to Study Alcohol Self-Administration in Humans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32: 1321–1328. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00700.x

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  1. Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health (USZ, IM, KFM), Mannheim, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine (VV, MHP, SOC), Indianapolis, Indiana; R.L. Roudebush VA Medical Center (SOC), Indianapolis, Indiana.

*Reprint requests: Ulrich S. Zimmermann, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany; Fax: +49-351-458-5380; E-mail: ulrich.zimmermann@uniklinikum-dresden.de

  1. This project was supported by Grant No. P60 AA007611-20 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The contents of this report are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism or NIH.

  2. Present address: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (USZ, IM), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUN 2008
  3. Received for publication January 19, 2008; accepted March 28, 2008.

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