Mechanisms of Pavlovian conditioning: Role of protection from habituation in spinal conditioning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1375-1387

  Joynes, Robin L ^a   Grau, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030474202     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.6.1375     Document Type: Article

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