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Lab News
Research Overview
The Alcohol Lab at TCNJ studies the environmental events that affect alcohol consumption in laboratory animal models of alcohol abuse. Past studies (see publications and presentations below) have included studies examining the differences in alcohol and sucrose choices between alcohol preferring (P), alcohol non-preferring (NP), and outbred rats. We have applied several quantitative models of choice (the generalized matching law, behavioral economics, and delay discounting) to the animals' data to better understand the phenotypic differences between rats selected for high and low alcohol intake.
Recent Publications
Martinetti, M. P., Khan, Z., & Lewis, M. J. (2007). Matching law analyses of ethanol and sucrose consumption in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 1338-1348.
Martinetti, M. P., Lowery, E. G., Vona, S. R., Wichnick, A. M., Adler, R. A., & Finch, D. G. (2006). Limited-access consumption of ascending ethanol concentrations in alcohol preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30, 836-843.
Presentations
Gentile, N., Reichert, C., & Martinetti, M. P. (2010, May). The behavioral economics of alcohol consumption in college students: The role of academic constraints. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX.
LaHart, B., McFadden, D., Perkel, J., Silakoski, A., Lister, A., Spiga, R., & Martinetti, M. P. (2010, May). A behavioral economic analysis of operant ethanol self-administration in alcohol-preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavior Analysis International, San Antonio, TX.
Perkel, J. K., Silakoski A., LeBlanc, P., Librizzi, E., Sanguinetti, B., Tremarco R., Wood, S., Calderone, A., Comerford, K., MacIntire, K., Mazzei, C., Lekht, S., Lister, A., Maya, M., Reichert, C., & Martinetti, M. P. (2010, April). An assessment of delay discounting for sucrose in alcohol-preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Reichert, C., Lister, A., & Martinetti, M. P. (2009, December). A behavioral economic assessment of context-specific alcohol purchases in college students using a simulated alcohol purchase task. Psychology Celebration of Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Gentile, N. & Martinetti, M. P. (2009, April). The behavioral economics of alcohol consumption in college students: the role of academic constraints. Annual TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
LaHart, B., McFadden, D., Yoa, E., Wilson, K., Gentile, N., Reichert, C., Ness-Cochinwala, M., Spino, L., Bentzley, B., Lister, A., Maya, M., Perkel, J., Silakoski, A., Dadaian, S., & DiBiase, J. (2009, April). A behavioral economic analysis of operant ethanol self-administration in alcohol preferring (P) and non-preferring (NP) rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing NJ.
McFadden, D., Medvecky, C., LaHart, B., Benson, A., Yoa, E., Wilson, K., Spino, L. A., Andrzejewski, M. A., & Martinetti, M. P. (2009, March). matching law analysis of operant ethanol self-administration in
Long-Evans rats. Eastern Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA
Soto, K., Gentile, N., D'Amore, D., Gould, J., Martinetti, M. (2008, April). College drinking in social settings: a behavioral economic analysis. Annual TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Medvecky, C., Benson, A., D'Amore, D., Gould, J., Soto, K., Gentile, N., McFadden, D., McKeon-Fish, A., Davis, S., LaHart, B., Reichert, C., Yoa, E., Martinetti, M. (2008, April). A matching law analyses of operant self-administration in Long-Evans rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration of Student Acievement. Ewing, NJ.
Holster, J., Bisen-Hersh, E., D'Amore, D., Gould, J., Benson, A., Medvecky, C., Hering, L., Soto, K., Gentile, N., McFadden, D., McKeon-Fish, A., Narra, S., Martinetti, M. (2007, December). Concurrent ethanol and sucrose consumption in Long-Evans rats: a behavioral economic analysis. Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting, Boston, MA (March). (see pictures)
Holster, J., Bisen-Hersh, E., D'Amore, D., Gould, J., Benson, A., Medvecky, C., Hering, L., Soto, K., Gentile, N., McFadden, D., McKeon-Fish, A., Narra, S., Martinetti, M. (2007, December). Concurrent ethanol and sucrose consumption in Long-Evans rats: a behavioral economic analysis. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Holster, J., Bisen-Hersh, E., Decker, J., Wilk, E., Ackrivo, J., Benson, A., Gould, J., Healey, K., Medvecky, C., D'Amore, D., Hering, L., Soto, K., Walsh, J., Martinetti, M. (2007, April). Concurrent ethanol and sucrose consumption in Long-Evans rats: a behavioral economic analysis. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Lowery, E. G., Holster, J. E., Fleming, J. E., Weglarz, J. C., Bisen-Hersh, E. B., & Martinetti, M. P. (2006). "Shaping" the unsweetened ethanol consumption of Sprague-Dawley rats in a two-bottle choice procedure. Research Society on Alcoholism annual meeting, Baltimore, MD (June). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 30(6), Suppl., 23A. (see pictures)
Lowery, E., McBride, B., Weglarz, J., Bisen-Hersh, E., Fleming, J., Holster, J., Ross, L., Decker, J., Lee, A., Tierney, K., & Wilk, E. (2006, April). "Shaping" the unsweetened ethanol consumption of Sprague-Dawley rats in a two-bottle choice procedure. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ. (see pictures)
Lee, A., Rass, O., & Martinetti, M. P. (2006). Alcohol and the individual: an overview. Presentation and the Alcohol Summit at TCNJ (Jan.).
Martinetti, M. P., Vona, S., Wichnick, A., & Andrzejewski, M. E. (2005, May). Matching law analyses of ethanol and sucrose consumption in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and randomly bred rats. Association for Behavior Analysis annual meeting. Chicago, IL.
Vona, S., Wichnick, A., Lowery, E., Ciani, G., Willard, C., Khan, Z., & McBride, B. (2005, April). A matching law choice analysis of sweetened ethanol consumption in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Wistar (W) rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Wichnick, A., Vona, S., Lowery, E., Ciani, G., Willard, C., Bowne, M., & Bladzinski, J. (2005, April). A matching law choice analysis of sucrose consumption in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Wistar (W) rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration for Student Achievement. Ewing, NJ.
Martinetti, M. P., Adler, R., Wichnick, A., Vona, S., Bladzinski, J., Cichon, B., & Finch, D. (2005, March). Consumption of ascending concentrations of ethanol in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting. Boston, MA.
Addante, R., Adler, R., Bladzinski, J., Cichon, B., Finch, D., Vona, S., & Wichnick, A. (2004, April). Alcohol preference thresholds in alcohol-preferring (P), non-preferring (NP), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Annual TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement. Ewing , NJ.
Honors and Awards
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees, Spring 2011
Erika Librizzi, '11 and Ashley Silakoski, '11
Phi Kappa Phi Student-Faculty Research Award, Fall 2010
Ashley Silakoski, '11
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees, Spring 2010
Jessica Perkel, '10
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees, Spring 2009
Ryan Tremarco, '10 and
Leanne Spino, '09
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees, Spring 2008
Amy Benson, '08,
Brandon Bentzley, '09, and Chris Medvecky, '08
Phi Kappa Phi Student-Faculty Research Award, Spring 2008
Chris Medvecky, '08
Phi Beta Kappa Inductees, Spring 2007
Jessica Holster, '07 and Emily Bisen-Hersh, '07
Phi Kappa Phi Student-Faculty Research Award, Spring 2007
Jessica Holster, '07
Phi Kappa Phi Student-Faculty Research Award, Spring 2006
Emily G. Lowery, '06
Phi Kappa Phi Student-Faculty Research Award, Spring 2005
Sally R. Vona, '05
