Repeated administration of LiCl produces an unconditioned stimulus preexposure effect in backward excitatory CTA but not habituation of the unconditioned increment in neophobia

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-233

  De Brugada, Isabel ^a   González, Felisa ^a   Cándido, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Backward excitatory conditioning; Conditioned taste aversion (CTA); Habituation; Neophobia; US preexposure effect

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BEHAVIOR; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0037473780     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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