The effect of a preoperative sugar preference on bar pressing for salt by the adrenalectomized rat

Cullen, Joseph W.; Scarborough, Barron B.

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“…The free-access test between sugar and casein may be regarded as analogous to Harriman's (1955) free-access test, or to Posttest 2 of Experiment 2, and showed comparable results. The partitioned test between the casein side and the sugar side may be regarded as analogous to Cullen and Scarborough's (1969) bar-press test, or to Posttest 1 of the present study, and also showed comparable results.…”

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Sensory preconditioning of flavors with a formalin-produced sodium need.

Fudim¹

1978

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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The training phase of two experiments consisted of pairing flavors mixed together in solution. A sugar solution was paired with one arbitrary flavor (almond or banana), while a salt solution was paired with the alternative flavor, in order to provide rats with the opportunity to acquire flavor associations. In Experiment 1, a preference test at the end of the training phase indicated that the rats strongly preferred the unflavored sugar solution over the unflavored salt solution. Then the administration of a formalin injection produced a strong sodium need. Preference tests subsequent to the formalin injection showed that the rats preferred the salt solution over the sugar and also strongly preferred the salt-associated flavor over the sugar-associated flavor. Experiment 2 used a less palatable salt solution and a more highly palatable sugar solution. The rats strongly preferred the unflavored sugar solution over the salt solution at the end of the training period. Subsequent to the sodium-need-producing formalin injection, the rats still preferred the sugar over the salt, but strongly preferred the salt-associated flavor over the sugar-associated flavor. It was thus shown in Experiment 2 that a conditioned preference for a conditioned stimulus occurred without a similar preference for the unconditioned stimulus.

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Sensory preconditioning of flavors with a formalin-produced sodium need.

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1978

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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“…In addition, Cullen attributed the failure of two of his three groups of adrenalectomized rats to gain weight postoperatively to his LiCl poisoning procedure, when, in fact, weight loss after adrenalectomy is a commonly reported finding (cf. Cullen & Scarborough, 1969;Fregly, 1958, Figure 1C;Richter, 1936, Table 1). The AX and AC subjects in the present study weighed less at the end of the extinction phase than SX animals, and yet they showed no deficits in NaCl consumption.…”

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“…In one study, rats which had become polydipsic with access to a highly palatable saccharin-glucose mixture showed a reduced NaCl appetite coupled with weight loss if presented with a postadrenalectomy choice between the preferred solution and 2.9% NaCl (Cullen, 1970a). Cullen (1969) has also demonstrated that rats which had received sublethal doses of gamma-ray irradiation while drinking NaCl showed attenuated NaCl consumption for a week after adrenalectomy.…”

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“…2 Requests for reprints should be sent to Kenneth Frumkin, Department of Psychology, Montreal 110,Quebec,Canada. maintained their preference for sucrose postoperatively, in spite of weight loss and even death for some subjects. However, several attempts to either replicate or extend Harriman's (1955) findings have failed to show any influence of preoperatively established preferences on postadrenalectomy salt seeking (Cullen & Scarborough, 1969;Grimsley & Cullen, 1968;Grimsley & Fisher, 1967;and especially Grimsley, 1970).…”

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“…The most persistent attempts to modify salt seeking in the adrenalectomized rat have come from Cullen (1969Cullen ( , 1970aCullen ( , 1970b. In one study, rats which had become polydipsic with access to a highly palatable saccharin-glucose mixture showed a reduced NaCl appetite coupled with weight loss if presented with a postadrenalectomy choice between the preferred solution and 2.9% NaCl (Cullen, 1970a).…”

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Interaction of LiCl aversion and sodium-specific hunger in the adrenalectomized rat.

Frumkin¹

1971

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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The effect of LiCl poisoning on subsequent NaCl preference was studied in groups of adrenalectomized and sham-adrenalectomized rats having prior experience with either (a) preoperative LiCl, (b) postoperative NaCl, (c) both preoperative LiCl and postoperative NaCl, or (d) neither of these experiences. Sham-operated rats exposed to LiCl consistently avoided NaCl; adrenalectomized subjects did not. The deaths of 21 adrenalectomized rats were attributed to the increased toxicity of LiCl for these animals coupled with an increased tendency for them to drink it. No differences were found between groups of adrenalectomized rats which had tasted LiCl and groups which had had it stomach-loaded. It was concluded that adrenalectomized rats regulate their salt intake on the basis of need alone.

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Modification of salt-seeking behavior in the adrenalectomized rat via gamma-ray irradiation.

Cullen¹

1969

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

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Based on the potent effects of irradiation as a US in producing conditioned taste aversion to various foods, an attempt was made to establish a conditioned salt aversion in the adrenalectomized rat. The results indicate that pairing 300 r. of Co 60 with salt drinking will produce salt aversion (inhibition?) even under conditions of severe salt need. Although the aversion persisted statistically for about a week, by Day 7 the salt-irradiated Ss imbibed quantities of salt commensurate with controls. These Ss concomitantly gained weight and none died. The results are compared to a case of nonregulatory salt hunger in the adrenalectomized rat described earlier.

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The effect of a preoperative sugar preference on bar pressing for salt by the adrenalectomized rat

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Sensory preconditioning of flavors with a formalin-produced sodium need.

Sensory preconditioning of flavors with a formalin-produced sodium need.

Interaction of LiCl aversion and sodium-specific hunger in the adrenalectomized rat.

Modification of salt-seeking behavior in the adrenalectomized rat via gamma-ray irradiation.

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