The unconditioned stimulus pre-exposure effect in preweanling rats in taste aversion learning: Role of the training context and injection cues

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-204

  Revillo, D A ^b   Arias, C ^a,b   Spear, N E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA MERCEDES Y MARTÍN FERREYRA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Learning; Taste aversion

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SACCHARIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TASTE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACCHARIN; TASTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872669244     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21011     Document Type: Article

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