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Main Title Peak N160 of Rat Flash Evoked Potential: Does It Reflect Habituation or Sensitization.
Author Dyer., R. S. ;
CORP Author Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher c1989
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA/600/J-89/220;
Stock Number PB90-146101
Additional Subjects Stimulus(Psychophysiology) ; Habituation(Learning) ; Pseudoconditioning ; Rats ; Arousal ; Intensity ; Graphs(Charts) ; Animal behavior ; Reprints ; Flashing ; Peak n 160 ; Visual evoked potentials ; Temporal dose distributions ; Pattern recognition
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NTIS  PB90-146101 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Flash evoked potentials recorded from awake rats contain a negative peak occurring about 160 msec after the flash (N160). This peak has been associated with a specific level of arousal and/or habituation. The current studies attempted to determine whether changes in N160 amplitude which accompany repeated testing reflect processes associated with sensitization or habituation. The paper describes experiments in Long-Evans hooded rats which demonstrate the effects of repeated testing, varying stimulus intensity, varying stimulus frequency, and discharging an alarm bell before and during a test session. Repeated testing produced increases in N160 amplitude which were greater at high than low stimulus intensities. Repeated exposure to the test chamber without flashing did not alter N160 amplitude, nor did altering stimulus rate within the range of 0.5 to 4.0 Hz. Discharging an alarm increased N160 amplitude. Taken together, the data suggest that amplitude of N160 more closely reflects sensitization to the stimulus than habituation to either the stimulus or any feature of the test situation.