Taste-aversion conditioning in rats with septal lesions

Stephen H. Hobbs, Ralph L. Elkins, Lelon J. Peacock

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Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of lesions in the septal forebrain area of rats on the development and maintenance of a radiation-induced taste aversion. While the lesioned animals were found to drink more of the fluid used as a conditioned stimulus during X-radiation, no effect of the lesion on subsequent aversion to the stimulus was found. The data further restrict the generality of viewing the function of the septal forebrain area as inhibitory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)239-245
Number of pages7
JournalBehavioral Biology
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1974

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Environmental Science
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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