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Preclinical animal research has demonstrated that aged animals are significantly more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than younger animals and the effect of alcohol in aged animals is often sex dependent.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The current project investigates if acute alcohol administration produces sex dependent effects in hypothermia and spatial memory impairments in aged female and aged male Sprague Dawley rats.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acute alcohol administration produced sex dependent effects in that hypothermia in female rats was significantly greater following administration of 1.0 g\/kg alcohol but not following 2.0 g\/kg alcohol. 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