Radiation Avoidance in the Mouse

Andrews, Howard L.; Cameron, Louis M.

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“…Recently, Andrews and Cameron (1960) demonstrated radiation avoidance behavior in the mouse. They found that, in the absence of differential cues, mice will spend less time in that portion of an alley which is exposed to radiation than in the shielded end.…”

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The use of ionizing radiation as a motivating stimulus.

García¹,

Kimeldorf²,

Hunt³

1961

Psychological Review

158

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Section: Fig 7 Changes In Residence Preferencementioning

confidence: 99%

The use of ionizing radiation as a motivating stimulus.

García¹,

Kimeldorf²,

Hunt³

1961

Psychological Review

158

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“…The apparent limitation of long-delay food aversion learning in rats to taste and smell stimuli deserves reexamination for two reasons. First, in the absence of a lengthy delay between external feeding cues and sickness, rats learn the association (Andrews & Cameron, 1960;Best, Best, & Mickley, 1973;Garcia, Kimeldorf, & Hunt, 1956;Mitchell, Kirschbaum, & Perry, 1975 ;Overall, Brown, & Logic, 1960; Balagura, Note 1; Riley & Woods, Note 2); in fact, there is even a report that rats can This research was supported by Grant A8271 from the National Research Council of Canada. Andrew Baker made the exploratory observation leading to these experiments.…”

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Aversions to unflavored water and cup drinking produced by delayed sickness.

Revusky¹,

Parker²

1976

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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Rats drank from a cup and were then injected with lithium chloride. The result was an apparent association between the appearance of the cup and toxicosis. In Experiment 1, avoidance of drinking unflavored water from the cup was apparent after two trials in which toxicosis was induced either immediately or 1/2 hr. after such drinking. Consumption of sucrose solution from the cup prior to toxicosis, however, did not produce a statistically reliable aversion to drinking unflavored water from the cup. In Experiment 2, rats were repeatedly subjected to toxicosis 0.0, .5, 1.5, 4.5, or 18.0 hr. after drinking unflavored water from a cup. A reduction in drinking from the cup was inversely related to the delay of toxicosis, but only the 0.0- and .5-hr.-delay groups exhibited statistically reliable aversions. A later phase excluded the possibility that sensitization alone could account for the cup aversions. Marked aversions to the unflavored water itself were obtained in Experiment 1, but in Experiment 2 any such aversions were so weak that they could not have been responsible for the cup aversions.

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“…The minimum effective dose rate depends on the rate of delivery, species, and probably other factors, and under certain conditions it may be as low as 10 r. Aversions to the intake of fluids associated with irradiation have been established already with a dose of only 10 r. Spatial avoidance behavior, on the other hand, requires doses at least 10 times as great or a total dose of 100 r. or greater. Ophthalmectomy has ruled out visual cues; and other studies have demonstrated that noxious odors, ozone, or nitrous oxide (Andrews & Cameron, 1960) are not the major variables underlying the phenomenon. Garcia, Kimeldorf, and Hunt (1960) ascribe the phenomenon to changes in diverse internal neural and humoral factors, primarily gastrointestinal functions.…”

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Behavioral effects of ionizing radiations: 1955-61.

Furchtgott¹

1963

Psychological Bulletin

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A review of the rapidly increasing literature. The conclusions included: (a) Mammals irradiated pre- or neonatally show relatively permanent deficits in several behavioral domains, such as learning, motor functions, mating, etc. (b) Some investigators report that even small doses affect neural functions and consequently CR acquisition while other find no effects even with large doses. (c) Radiation, however, may be an UCS in avoidance conditioning. Also, several motivational variables are affected. (d) Except for vision where the results are equivocal the data on sensory functions are scant. (e) There is little evidence for long-term human changes. (f) It is emphasized that radiation may be a potentially useful tool in several areas. (195 ref.)

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Radiation Avoidance in the Mouse

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The use of ionizing radiation as a motivating stimulus.

The use of ionizing radiation as a motivating stimulus.

Aversions to unflavored water and cup drinking produced by delayed sickness.

Behavioral effects of ionizing radiations: 1955-61.

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