ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES OF AN INSTRUMENTAL REWARD CONDITIONED RESPONSE IN RABBITS - PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC AND BEHAVIOURAL CORRELATES OF AN INSTRUMENTAL REWARD CONDITIONED RESPONSE IN RABBITS - PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY
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DOI:
10.1016/0013-4694(62)90052-4
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
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通讯作者:
LONGO, VG
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作者:
SADOWSKI, B;LONGO, VG
In rabbits an instrumental reward conditioned response (ICR) was established. The animals were trained to pull a ring with the mouth upon the sound of a buzzer in order to obtain a piece of food. The electrical activity of the cerebral cortex, the hippocampus and the thalamus was recorded by means of cronically implanted electrodes. The ICR was found to be very sensitive to cholinergic drugs. Small doses of scopolamine (0.1 mg/kg i.v.) abolished it, but did not interfere with the food intake. This actions was accompanied by synchronization of the tracing. Eserine restored the performance of the test as well as the EEG activation patterns. Chlorpromazine and imipramine eserted a blocking effect only in doses producing motor disturbances. Particularly with chlorpromazine, the unconditioned food intake was not disturbed. Amphetamine had two effects. In lower doses it exerted a facilitatory effecton the ICR. With higher doses the pulling of the ring occurred but was not followed by taking the food from the feeding cup. Lysergic acid diethylamide had an effect similar to that of amphetamine in prolonging the performance of the ICR. The present work demonstrates that the simultaneous study of conditioned behaviour and the EEG may be useful to explain some finer details of the central action of drugs.