Tail-flick test: II. The role of supraspinal systems and avoidance learning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 754-767

  King, Tamara E ^a   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 BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TAIL; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TOUCH;

EID: 0030795997     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.4.754     Document Type: Article

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