Duration of wheel-running reinforcement: Effects on reinforcement value and motivation in free-feeding and food-deprived rats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2017.10.001
Abstract: Abstract Ten (pair housed) female Long-Evans rats were exposed to 5 s, 30 s, and 90 s wheel-running reinforcement durations on a response-initiated variable interval 20 s schedule as food deprivation was manipulated. On free feeding, never-deprived rats showed… read more here.
Keywords: duration; running reinforcement; wheel running; food ... See more keywords
Rats do not eat alone in public: Food-deprived rats socialize rather than competing for baits
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173302
Abstract: Limited resources result in competition among social animals. Nevertheless, social animals also have innate preferences for cooperative behavior. In the present study, 12 dyads of food-deprived rats were tested in four successive trials, and then… read more here.
Keywords: social animals; rather competing; food deprived; baits rats ... See more keywords
Effects of citicoline administration on synaptic proteins in rapid eye movement sleep-deprived rats
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DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2022.60756
Abstract: Objective(s): Sleep has a pivotal role in learning-memory and sleep deprivation (SD) negatively affects synaptic functioning. Cytidine-5-diphosphocholine (Citicoline) has been known to improve learning and memory functions. Our objective was to explore the effects of… read more here.
Keywords: sleep deprivation; rem sleep; synaptic proteins; sleep deprived ... See more keywords