MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF THE EFFECTS OF d -AMPHETAMINE ON FIXED-INTERVAL SCHEDULE PERFORMANCES OF RATS
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 45 (2) , 207-219
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1986.45-207
Abstract
A series of doses (0.5 to 2.0 mg/kg) of d-amphetamine was administered to rats whose lever pressing was maintained by fixed-interval 30-s, 60-s, or 120-s schedules of reinforcement by sucrose delivery. Under both saline and d-amphetamine conditions, molecular features of responding were reliably described in terms of the distribution of postreinforcement pauses and local response rate following the onset of responding. Postreinforcement pause always varied from interval to interval but, on average, shortened under the drug. Local response rate (response rate exclusive of pause time) tended to decrease under the drug, and where acceleration occurred within runs of responses, it was reduced by the drug. All of these effects were dose-related. These findings suggest that fixed-interval behavior can be analyzed effectively at a molecular level, and that the effects of d-amphetamine are best described as disruption of temporal discrimination.Keywords
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