Forced-choice discrimination of equimolar NaCl and LiCl solutions in rats: Effects of ablating the chemosensitive area postrema on acquisition and retention

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a   Ladowsky, Ricki L ^a   Eckel, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Brainstem lesion; Chemosensory; Forced choice procedure; Learning; Lithium chloride; Rats; Sodium chloride; Taste discrimination

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRINKING; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TASTE;

EID: 0030862778     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)02279-1     Document Type: Article

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