Acute, but not chronic, exposure to d-cycloserine facilitates extinction and modulates spontaneous recovery of a conditioned taste aversion

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 417-427

  Mickley, G Andrew ^a   Remus, Jennifer L ^a   Ramos, Linnet ^a   Wilson, Gina N ^a   Biesan, Orion R ^a   Ketchesin, Kyle D ^a  

^a BALDWIN WALLACE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Chronic; Conditioned taste aversion; CTA; D cycloserine; DCS; Extinction; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSERINE; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SACCHARIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULUS; TASTE AVERSION; VELOCITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYCLOSERINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TASTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053381225     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.08.041     Document Type: Article

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