Effects of D-cycloserine on the extinction of appetitive operant learning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-559

  Vurbic, Drina ^a   Gold, Benjamin ^a   Bouton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

D cycloserine; Extinction; Instrumental learning; Operant learning; Renewal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOSERINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CYCLOSERINE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960944236     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024403     Document Type: Article

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