Stimulus preexposure reduces generalization of conditioned taste aversions between alcohol and non-alcohol flavors in infant rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-122

  Chotro, M Gabriela ^a   Alonso, Gumersinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; QUININE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEVERAGE; CIDER; COFFEE; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; TASTE; TASTE AVERSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TASTE;

EID: 0037316382     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.1.113     Document Type: Article

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