Accession Number : ADA033589
Title : Classical Conditioning of Hippocampal Theta Patterns in the Rat.
Descriptive Note : Scientific rept.,
Corporate Author : ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Personal Author(s) : Teitelbaum ,H ; McFarland,W L ; Mattsson,J L
Full Text : http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a033589.pdf
Report Date : Aug 1976
Pagination or Media Count : 14
Abstract : Electrical stimulation (88 Hz) of the lateral hypothalamus elicits a sustained theta response at hippocampal recording sites of rats immobilized with succinylcholine. By pairing this unconditioned stimulus with a 10-second presentation of a light, conditioned theta responses consistently appear after 40 trials. When the conditioned rats were tested in the absence of a neuromuscular blocking agent, the conditioned stimulus elicited a theta response that was associated with slow locomotor activity in 70 percent of the trials. This paper provides an assay for hippocampal bioelectric activity that is useful in understanding radiation-induced behavioral incapacitation. (Author)
Descriptors : *CONDITIONING(LEARNING) , *HYPOTHALAMUS , STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY) , RATS , BEHAVIOR , BIOELECTRICITY , NEUROCHEMICAL TRANSMISSION
Subject Categories : Psychology
Anatomy and Physiology
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
