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Body temperature as a conditional response measure for pavlovian fear conditioning.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11040267     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
On six days rats were exposed to each of two contexts. They received an electric shock in one context and nothing in the other. Rats were tested later in each environment without shock. The rats froze and defecated more often in the shock-paired environment; they also exhibited a significantly larger elevation in rectal temperature in that environment. The rats discriminated between each context, and we suggest that the elevation in temperature is the consequence of associative learning. Thus, body temperature can be used as a conditional response measure in Pavlovian fear conditioning experiments that use footshock as the unconditional stimulus.
Authors:
B P Godsil; J J Quinn; M S Fanselow
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1072-0502     ISO Abbreviation:  Learn. Mem.     Publication Date:    2000 Sep-Oct
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-11-06     Completed Date:  2000-11-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9435678     Medline TA:  Learn Mem     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  353-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563, USA. godsil@lifesci.ucla.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Behavior, Animal / physiology
Body Temperature*
Conditioning, Classical / physiology*
Defecation
Discrimination (Psychology)
Electroshock
Environment
Fear / physiology*
Hindlimb
Male
Rats
Rats, Long-Evans
Rectum / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
MH12402/MH/NIMH NIH HHS

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