Learning to cope with biting flies: Rapid NMDA-mediated acquisition of conditioned analgesia

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 126-135

  Kavaliers, M ^a   Choleris, E ^c   Colwell, D D ^b   Ossenkopp, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NALOXONE;

ADAPTATION; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FLY; INSECT BITE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0344573029     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.113.1.126     Document Type: Article

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