Acute effects of corticosterone on LiCl-induced rapid gustatory conditioning in rats: A microstructural analysis of licking patterns

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-150

  Kent, William D T ^a   Cross Mellor, Shelley K ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^a   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute corticosterone; Conditioned taste aversion; Learning; Licking behavior; Lithium toxicosis; Microstructural meal analysis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLODEXTRIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SUCROSE; TASTE;

EID: 0037126180     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00105-5     Document Type: Article

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