Rapid toxin-induced gustatory conditioning in rats: Separate and combined effects of systemic injection or intraoral infusion of lithium chloride

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 423-430

  Cross Mellor, Shelley ^a   Clarke, Sharon N D A ^a   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned taste aversion; Gut defence; Ingestive behaviors; Lithium toxicosis; Rapid gustatory conditioning; Toxin avoidance

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOR; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; INGESTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASTE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SUCROSE; TASTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143050098     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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