Blockade of central cholinergic receptors impairs new learning and increases proactive interference in a word paired-associate memory task.

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that underlying patterns of cortical activation may partially account for individual differences in susceptibility to the effects of sleep deprivation. Here, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine the activation of military pilots whose sleep-deprivation vulnerability...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Caldwell JA,Mu Q,Smith JK,Mishory A,Caldwell JL,Peters G,Brown DL,George MS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hindlimb flexion induced by direct stimulation of the hindlimb has been observed subsequent to spinal section if an appropriate time interval was allowed to elapse between onset of flexion and spinal cord section. The present series of experiments was conducted to test the possibility that asymmetry persistence is a p...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Steinmetz JE,Beggs AL,Lupica CR,Patterson MM

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the effects of positive and negative feedback on performance during choice reaction time tasks to assess whether they differentially affect phasic arousal and tonic activation. Participants (N = 96) received either no feedback or signals of reward, punishment, or both during a semantic and a visuos...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： De Brabander B,Declerck CH,Boone C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mu-opioid receptors in the ventrolateral quadrant midbrain periaqueductal gray (vIPAG) contribute to extinction of conditioned fear. The present experiment studied whether fear extinction could be facilitated by infusions of a peptidase inhibitor that reduces catabolism of vIPAG enkephalins. Rats were trained to fear ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： McNally GP

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous results from our laboratory have demonstrated that 3-day-old rats given dopamine (DA)-depleting brain lesions are spared the severe behavioral dysfunctions seen after comparable brain damage in adults. This behavioral sparing is accompanied by a sprouting of serotonin (5-HT)-containing neurons in the striatum...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bruno JP,Jackson D,Zigmond MJ,Stricker EM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous literature suggests that the hippocampus subserves processes associated with the encoding of novel information. To investigate the role of different subregions of the hippocampus, the authors made neurotoxic lesions in different subregions of the dorsal hippocampus (i.e., CA1, dentate gyrus [DG], or CA3) of r...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lee I,Hunsaker MR,Kesner RP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments examined whether the pudendal and pelvic autonomic nerves are important for pacing behavior shown by the female rat during mating. Ovariectomized female rats received bilateral transection of the pudendal (Pux), pelvic (Pex), or pudendal and pelvic (Pu + Pex) nerves or were sham-operated (Shx). Lordoti...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Erskine MS

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateralization of the Morris water maze task was examined by injecting 5 ng of tetrodotoxin (TTX) into one dorsal hippocampus (HPC) of chronically cannulated rats (n = 20). The task, acquired (A) during unilateral HPC block, was retrieved (R) during TTX blockade of the ipsi- (I) or contralateral (C) HPC. Escape latenc...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Fenton AA,Bures J

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of water deprivation on hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), theta rhythm, and contextual fear conditioning in rats was examined. In Experiment 1, hippocampal EEG activity and perforant path LTP were assessed in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats. Water deprivation did not affect baseline cell excitabi...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Maren S,DeCola JP,Swain RA,Fanselow MS,Thompson RF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gerbils show a postischemic increase in locomotor activity that correlates to the extent of neuron loss in the hippocampal CA1 subfield. It has been suggested that this hyperactivity is predictive of neuron loss in the CA1. In this study the correlation between postischemic hyperactivity and neuron loss in several hip...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Andersen MB,Zimmer J,Sams-Dodd F

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial judgment is impaired in Parkinson's disease (PD), with previous research suggesting that disruptions in attention and executive function are likely contributors. If judgment of center places demands on frontal systems, performance on tests of attention/executive function may correlate with extent of bias in PD...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Salazar RD,Moon KLM,Neargarder S,Cronin-Golomb A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit decision making is essential for organisms to adapt to their ever-changing environment. Most studies of cost-benefit decision making involve choice conditions in which effort and value are varied simultaneously. This prevents identification of the aspects of cost-benefit decision making that are affected ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Bailey MR,Chun E,Schipani E,Balsam PD,Simpson EH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the hypothesis that defensive responsiveness induced by threatening stimuli of biological origin is mediated by the action of endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Rats were exposed for 15 min to a large open field containing a small chamber. Twenty-four hours later, rats received intrac...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Takahashi LK,Kalin NH,Baker EW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectral sensitivity of the red and the yellow retinal fields of head-fixed pigeons was separately measured for wavelengths between 340 and 640 nm by a behavioral perimetric technique. Within this spectral range the mean spectral sensitivity of both fields was found to be maximal at 584 nm and minimal at the lower...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Remy M,Emmerton J

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral changes induced by inescapable shock were examined in six strains of mice. Exposure to shock provoked time-dependent disturbances of shuttle escape performance. In some strains the shock treatment did not affect escape performance, whereas in others profound performance deficits were evident. The inescapabl...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Shanks N,Anisman H

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize the ontogeny of the acoustic startle response (ASR) and response sensitization to background noise in preweanling rats. Animals were tested daily from 11 to 21 days of age using one of four sets of background white noise levels [45-80 dB(A)]. With constant low-level (45 dB...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Sheets LP,Dean KF,Reiter LW

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rewarding properties of centrally administered ethanol (EtOH) were examined using a conditioned place preference (CPP) test. Male rats subjected to bilateral intracerebroventricular (icv) infusions of EtOH (0-240 nmol) produced a dose-dependent preference for the drug-paired environment that was potentiated by con...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Walker BM,Ettenberg A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transecting the corpus callosum of postnatal day (P)1-6 rats disinhibits the production of spindle bursts (SBs) within primary somatosensory cortex (S1), most notably during periods of sleep-related myoclonic twitching. Here we investigated developmental changes in this callosally mediated disinhibition and its associ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Marcano-Reik AJ,Prasad T,Weiner JA,Blumberg MS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New Zealand male rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) were trained on a trace eyeblink conditioning paradigm using a 250-ms tone conditioned stimulus, a 100-ms airpuff unconditioned stimulus, and a 500-ms trace interval. Rabbits received bilateral hippocampal aspirations either 1 day or 1 month after learning. Controls con...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Kim JJ,Clark RE,Thompson RF

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study reported that power in the delta band of the amygdala is selectively elevated when primates are exposed to affectively ladened stimuli (Kling, Steklis, & Deutsch, 1979). Radiotelemetric recordings suggested that this elevation was greatest when the animal was confronted with conspecific behaviors that...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Lloyd RL,Kling AS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In infant rats, administration of the alpha2 adrenoceptor agonist clonidine simultaneously evokes ultrasound production and bradycardia. In this study the authors examined in 8-day-old rats whether these 2 responses to clonidine are causally related. In Experiment 1 pups were pretreated with saline or prenalterol (0.1...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Blumberg MS,Kreber LA,Sokoloff G,Kent KJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social isolation can be used to study behavioral, neural, and hormonal mechanisms that regulate interactions in social animals. Although isolation effects have been reported in social mammals and various fish species, systematic studies with isolated zebrafish are rare. Here, the authors examined behavior (social and ...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Shams S,Seguin D,Facciol A,Chatterjee D,Gerlai R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acoustic startle response (ASR) of male rats was measured during several sessions over a 24-hr period in both a light-dark cycle and a constant-dark condition. Each session consisted of 10 trials each at 80, 90, 100, 110, and 120 dB white noise. The results indicate robust daily and circadian modulation of ASR amp...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Chabot CC,Taylor DH

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Models of hippocampal function have proposed different functions for hippocampal regions CA3 and CA1, commonly proposing that CA1 performs a match-mismatch comparison of memory retrieval with sensory input. The study by I. Lee, M. R. Hunsaker, and R. P. Kesner (2005) tested these models using selective lesions of hipp...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Hasselmo ME

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) is a transcription factor that regulates synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Studies that have used conditioned fear models have established that CREB is important for the acquisition and consolidation of fear learning. The authors demonstrate that overexpressio...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Jasnow AM,Shi C,Israel JE,Davis M,Huhman KL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments measured the response-enhancing effects of oral stimulation in young rats with no feeding experience. In Experiment 1, pups were implanted with oral cannulas and deprived for 0, 6, or 24 hr. In nondeprived rats, sucrose exposure transiently sensitized oral responding to subsequent stimuli for several m...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Myers KP,Arnold HM,Hall WG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The defensive withdrawal reflex of the mantle organs (gill, siphon, and mantle shelf) of the marine mollusc Aplysia californica has been the subject of numerous studies investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning. In behavioral experiments, the reflex has been monitored by means of two different re...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Stopfer M,Carew TJ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to examine a possible interaction between thyroxine and estradiol in the control of feeding, 14 ovariectomized adult female rats were given daily injections of 9.8 micrograms/100 g of body weight of 1-thyroxine (T). Another 14 rats received 0.15 ml of saline (S) subcutaneously each day, and food intake was me...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Young JK

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have previously demonstrated that Purkinje cell-degeneration (pcd) mutant mice are impaired in eyeblink conditioning (L. Chen et al., 1996a). The present study addresses the following 3 questions: (a) whether pcd mice perceive the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli as well as the wild-type mice, (b) whe...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Chen L,Bao S,Thompson RF

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microstructural analysis of licking behavior in the rat was conducted (a) to describe in detail the characteristics of benzodiazepine-induced changes in ingestion and (b) to determine if the changes are consistent with an alteration in palatability. The effects of the benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) agonist midazolam (0...

journal_title：Behavioral neuroscience

authors： Higgs S,Cooper SJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00