Taste-aversion learning produced by combined treatment with subthreshold radiation and lithium chloride
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5068633
These experiments were designed to determine whether treatment with two subthreshold doses of radiation or lithium chloride, either alone or in combination, could lead to taste-aversion learning. The first experiment determined the threshold for a radiation-induced taste aversion at 15-20 rad and for lithium chloride at 0.30-0.45 mEq/kg. In the second experiment it was shown that exposing rats to two doses of 15 rad separated by up to 3 hr produced a taste aversion. Treatment with two injections of lithium chloride did produce a taste aversion when the two treatments were administered within 1 hr or each other. The results are discussed in terms of the implications of these findings for understanding the nature of the unconditional stimuli leading to the acquisition of a conditioned taste aversion.
- Research Organization:
- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Inst., Bethesda, MD (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5068633
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-186504/7/XAB; AFRRI-SR-87-31
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ANIMALS
AVOIDANCE
BEHAVIOR
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CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
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INTAKE
IRRADIATION
LEARNING
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LITHIUM HALIDES
MAMMALS
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RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
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REFLEXES
RODENTS
STIMULI
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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ANIMALS
AVOIDANCE
BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CONDITIONED REFLEXES
DOSES
FLAVOR
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INJECTION
INTAKE
IRRADIATION
LEARNING
LITHIUM CHLORIDES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM HALIDES
MAMMALS
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RATS
REFLEXES
RODENTS
STIMULI
THRESHOLD DOSE
VERTEBRATES