Plasma glucose levels and leverpress avoidance versus escape behaviors in rats
| Autor: | David F. Berger, James J. Starzec, Thomas J. Balkin, Francis X. Brennan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Blood Glucose
Male medicine.medical_specialty Plasma glucose Conditioning Classical Avoidance Conditioning Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Coping behavior Avoidance response Rats Sprague dawley Behavioral Neuroscience Endocrinology Escape Reaction Internal medicine Avoidance Learning Reaction Time medicine Animals Concentration factor Arousal Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Physiology & Behavior. 51:723-727 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9384 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90108-e |
| Popis: | The relationship between performance in an avoidance conditioning paradigm and the plasma glucose levels of Sprague-Dawley rats was examined in two experiments. In Experiment 1 we investigated whether glucose levels varied with the animal's relative success at acquiring the avoidance task. Results indicated that animals classified as avoiders (60% avoidance and above) had lower glucose levels than animals classified as escapers (30% avoidance and below). In Experiment 2 we looked at whether glucose levels showed within-subject changes with avoidance acquisition. Results demonstrated that glucose levels showed reductions if an animal learned the avoidance response. Subjects that did not learn the response showed no such reduction. Such results suggest that the physiological response to stress is attenuated by acquisition of successful coping behaviors that exercise control over the onset of aversive events. |
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