ISSN:
1432-2072
Keywords:
Conflict Behavior
;
Anti-Anxiety
;
Chlordiazepoxide
;
Pentobarbital
;
Psychopharmacology
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract A punishment discrimination (“conflict”) was conditioned in rats by simultaneously rewarding with food (sweetened, condensed milk) and punishing with shock all lever responses made in the presence of an auditory stimulus. Chlordiazepoxide and pentobarbital were administered in order to compare degrees of attenuation of conflict behavior relative to the production of behavioral debilitation. Chlordiazepoxide produced the maximum attenuation at doses that produced only minimum debilitation. In general, conflict attenuation (“anti-anxiety”) was greater under chlordiazepoxide while general debilitation (behavioral toxicity) was greater for pentobarbital.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00403810
