scholarly journals Prenatal ethanol increases sucrose reinforcement, an effect strengthened by postnatal association of ethanol and sucrose

Alcohol ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Elena Culleré ◽  
Norman E. Spear ◽  
Juan Carlos Molina
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Reinforcement

Single-Alternation Patterning with Sucrose Reinforcement and Varied Intertrial Intervals in the Rat

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1311-1316
Author(s):  
Richard J. Nicholls ◽  
Victor Duch
Keyword(s):  
Classical Conditioning ◽  
Intertrial Interval ◽  
Short Interval ◽  
Single Alternation ◽  
Extinction Data ◽  
Sucrose Reward ◽  
Sucrose Reinforcement

Four groups of rats were given single-alternation training in a runway using sucrose reward and then extinguished. Only subjects given training with a short interval (10 sec.) between rewarded and nonrewarded trials and a long interval (40 min.) between nonrewarded and rewarded trials learned patterned responding. This duplicated the results found in classical conditioning with a similar manipulation. The acquisition and extinction data led to the conclusion that intertrial interval cues can be made more important than aftereffects in producing patterning with sucrose reinforcement.

Infra-additivity of combined treatments with selective D1 and D2 receptor antagonists for inhibiting sucrose reinforcement

1991 ◽  
Vol 550 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda H. Schneider ◽  
Chris A. Watson ◽  
James Gibbs ◽  
Gerard P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
D2 Receptor ◽  
Combined Treatments ◽  
Receptor Antagonists ◽  
Sucrose Reinforcement

scholarly journals Subthalamic and Striatal Neurons Concurrently Process Motor, Limbic, and Associative Information in Rats Performing an Operant Task

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 2042-2058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Teagarden ◽  
George V. Rebec
Keyword(s):  
Physiological Data ◽  
Striatal Neurons ◽  
Neuronal Responses ◽  
Firing Patterns ◽  
Associative Processes ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Sucrose Reinforcement ◽  
Operant Task ◽  
Anatomical Evidence ◽  
Do So

Although the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is commonly assumed to be a relay for striatal (STR) output, anatomical evidence suggests the two structures are connected in parallel, raising the possibility that parallel STN and STR firing patterns mediate behavioral processes. The STR is known to play a role in associative and limbic processes, and although behavioral studies suggest that the STN may do so as well, evaluation of this hypothesis is complicated by a lack of pertinent STN physiological data. We recorded concurrent STN and STR firing patterns in rats learning an operant nose-poke task. Both structures responded in similar proportions to task events including instructive cues, discriminative nose-pokes, and sucrose reinforcement. Neuronal responses to reinforcement comprised phasic excitations preceding reinforcement and inhibitions afterward; the inhibition was attenuated when reinforcement was absent. Reinforcement responses occurred more frequently during later training sessions in which discriminative action was required, suggesting that responses were context-dependent. Nose-pokes were typically preceded by excitations; there also was a nonsignificant trend toward inhibition encoding correct nose-pokes. Sustained changes in firing rate coinciding with specific task events suggested that both nuclei were encoding behavioral sequences; this is the first report of such behavior in the STN. Our findings also reveal complex STN responses to reinforcement. Thus both STN and STR neurons show concurrent involvement in motor, limbic, and associative processes.

Induction When Rats Respond for Liquid-Sucrose Reinforcement as a Function of Amount of Upcoming “Work”

2006 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-446
Author(s):  
Jeffrey N. Weatherly ◽  
Grant A. Bauste ◽  
Casey L. McDougall ◽  
Jeri T. Nurnberger
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Reinforcement

Pursuing the Pavlovian Contributions to Induction in Rats Responding for 1% Sucrose Reinforcement

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey N. Weatherly ◽  
Amber Huls ◽  
Ashley Kulland
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Reinforcement

scholarly journals Precipitated Δ9-THC withdrawal reduces motivation for sucrose reinforcement in mice

2020 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 172966
Author(s):  
M.L. Eckard ◽  
K.R. Trexler ◽  
B.T. Kotson ◽  
K.G. Anderson ◽  
S.G. Kinsey
Keyword(s):  
Sucrose Reinforcement
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