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Charles J. Long
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Reaction time and diazepam plasma concentration in subjects with normal gastric pH
The present study investigated the relationship of reaction time with the plasma concentration of four different formulations of diazepam (liquid, original, new, and generic). On four separate days, over a 4-m...
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Habenular lesions and avoidance learning deficits in albino rats
Albino rats were given either habenular lesions or control operations and evaluated postsurgically during one-way active avoidance and passive avoidance training. Rats with habenular lesions, particularly thos...
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Odor stimuli, training procedures, and performance in a T-maze
This study demonstrates that rats can use odor cues to learn a T-maze discrimination task, thus supporting the findings of a previous study. Furthermore, only a very small quantity of dried food (45 mg) was ne...
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The effect of the onset of stimuli on reactivity in the rat
Forty rats, maintained on either ad lib food and water or on 22-h food deprivation, were tested in a photobeam cage under conditions of no specific external stimulation or where tone, light, or the odor of amy...
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Schedule control in the rabbit
Operant responding for water reinforcement was investigated in three New Zealand albino rabbits. Performance of two rabbits under FR3, FR8t and FR95 schedules was similar to the performance of other organisms ...
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The effect of reversible lesions in the posterior hypothalamus on conditioned suppression
Three rats with cannulae implanted in the posterior hypothalamic area and one nonimplant rat were tested in a conditioned suppression paradigm. During the acquisition phase of conditioned suppression, xylocain...
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Odor cues in a maze discrimination
Rats were found capable of making the choice in a T-maze using the odor from only one 45-mg Noyes food pellet as a discriminative stimulus. This finding points to the need for controlling odor stimuli in the t...
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An evaluation of carbon dioxide as a short acting anesthetic
The use of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a quick-acting anesthetic of short duration was studied. Sixteen rats were exposed to a CO2 atmosphere for 10 and15 sec on separate days. Records were taken of the time required...
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Reinforcing properties of odors for the albino rat
Food deprived and satiated rats were tested in a free operant situation to evaluate the behavior directing properties of odors that were either familiar and significant (food) or novel (amyl acetate). Both odo...
