Rats can discriminate illuminance, but not magnetic fields, as a stimulus for learning a two-choice discrimination

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · Bioelectromagnetics, 23(7):545-549

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.10052· OSTI ID:15004609

Creim, Jeffrey A ^[1]; Lovely, Richard H ^[1]; Miller, Douglas L ^[2]; Anderson, Larry E ^[1]

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1. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
2. Michigan, Univ Of - Ann Arbor

In each of the 2 experiments, 9 rats were trained for 64 trials (8 trials per day) to determine if they could acquire a 2-choice discrimination based on a specific discriminative stimulus (SD). In one experiment, the SD was a change in ambient illumination, while in the second experiment the SD was a change in the combination of sinusoidal 60 Hz and static magnetic field (MF) and any cues attendant to energizing the coils that produced the MF exposure. The rats that had a change in illuminance as the SD learned the 2-choice task easily, P<.001, whereas the rats having a change in MFs as the SD did not. Bioelectromagnetics 23:545-549,2002.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 15004609
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-37948; ISSN 1521-186X; TRN: US201015%%714
• Journal Information: Bioelectromagnetics, 23(7):545-549, Vol. 23, Issue 7; ISSN 0197-8462
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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ILLUMINANCE
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60 Hz magnetics fields
static magnetic fields
illuminance
discrimination learning