Ortega. Follow-up experiment to experiment SN, which is follow-up to Howard's taste specificity in short-term CTA. Male rats (n=12) will be conditioned against 5% sucrose or 75 mM NaCl paired with LiCl (12 ml/kg) immediately after access, then given two bottle preference tests: Sucr vs NaCl, Sucr vs water, and NaCl vs water. <b>Results:</b> Rats showed clear discrimination such that CS- was preferred over CS+ and water for both sucrose and NaCl. There was a funny order effect in Sucrose CTA rats, however, in that if first tested with Sucr vs NaCl (i.e. before a sucrose v water and NaCl v water tests), the Sucrose CTA rats did not drink either sucrose or NaCl. | Ortega. Follow-up experiment to experiment SN, which is follow-up to Howard's taste specificity in short-term CTA. Male rats (n=12) will be conditioned against 5% sucrose or 75 mM NaCl paired with LiCl (12 ml/kg) immediately after access, then given two bottle preference tests: Sucr vs NaCl, Sucr vs water, and NaCl vs water. <b>Results:</b> Rats showed clear discrimination such that CS- was preferred over CS+ and water for both sucrose and NaCl. There was a funny order effect in Sucrose CTA rats, however, in that if first tested with Sucr vs NaCl (i.e. before a sucrose v water and NaCl v water tests), the Sucrose CTA rats did not drink either sucrose or NaCl. |