This study aims to show that the Progressive-Ratio Computer-assisted Alcohol-Infusion System (CAIS) paradigm is a reliable and sensitive method that can be used to examine the motivating properties associated with alcohol self-administration in humans.
Stangl, B. L., Byrd, N. D., Soundararajan, S., Plawecki, M. H., O’Connor, S., Ramchandani, V. A. The Motivation for Alcohol Reward: Predictors of Progressive-Ratio Intravenous Alcohol Self-Administration in Humans. J. Vis. Exp. (182), e63576, doi:10.3791/63576 (2022).