Main Title |
Taste Discrimination Learning in Preweanling Rats. |
Author |
Stanton, M. E. ;
Nicolie, M. M. ;
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CORP Author |
Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. ;North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. |
Publisher |
c1990 |
Year Published |
1990 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-90/127; |
Stock Number |
PB91-109660 |
Additional Subjects |
Taste ;
Conditioning(Learning) ;
Rats ;
Coffee ;
Saccharin ;
Body weight ;
Memory ;
Reprints ;
Avoidance learning
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Holdings |
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NTIS |
PB91-109660 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
6p |
Abstract |
Seventeen-day-old rat pups received intraoral infusions of two novel flavors, coffee (.625% w/v Sanka, decaffeinated) and saccharin (.5% w/v), of which one (CS+) was paired with a .75% body weight, i.p. injection of 0.4 M LiCl, and the other (CS-) was presented alone. On the following day, two more infusion tests were conducted to determine intake of each flavor. Intake of the CS+ flavor was markedly suppressed relative to that of the CS- flavor, although the magnitude of this effect depended on which flavor was designated CS+ and on the order in which CS+ and CS- were presented on the test day. These results indicate that preweanling rats are capable of discriminative taste aversion learning. The simple conditioning procedure should provide a useful method for studying the sensory development of the gustatory system and/or the developmental psychobiology of learning and memory. (Copyright (c) 1990 Psychonomic Society, Inc.). |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, v28 n4 p319-322 Apr 90. Prepared in cooperation with North Carolina Univ. at Chapel Hill. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Taste Discrimination Learning in Preweanling Rats. |
Category Codes |
57S; 57T |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/10 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
034834662 |
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NTIS |
Type |
CAT |