Context Familiarity and Delayed Conditioned Taste Aversion in Young-Adult and Old-Age Rats
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 77 (3_suppl) , 1403-1406
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1403
Abstract
Familiarity with a conditioning context different from the home-cage environment was examined in immediate and delayed (3-hr.) conditioned taste aversion (CTA) learning for young-adult (90—120 days) and old-age (680—750 days) female Wistar albino rats. Context familiarity increased CTA for young adults at the 3-hr. delay. Old-age rats showed no aversion at 3-hr. delays. Results suggest that home-cage cues may be used in mediating long-delay CTA and that the role of these cues may differ with age.Keywords
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