Selective breeding for negative contrast in consummatory behavior.

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Selective breeding for negative contrast in consummatory behavior.

Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes - 1 Jan 1994

Flaherty C F, Krauss K L, Rowan G A, Grigson P S

Abstract excerpt

Rats showing either large or small reductions in licking following a shift from 32% to 4% sucrose were selectively bred for 7 generations. Rats from the 2 resulting lines reliably differed in successive negative contrast and in activity (radial-arm maze and open field). Differences in activity an...

Topics

Animals
Arousal
Cocaine
Conditioning, Classical
Consummatory Behavior
Drinking
Female
Male
Midazolam
Motivation
Motor Activity
Phenotype
Rats
Selection, Genetic
Social Environment
Sucrose
Taste

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