AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN ELECTRIC-SHOCK DETECTION AND ESCAPE THRESHOLDS IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY ALBINO-RATS

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作者
GORDON, WC
SCOBIE, SR
FRANKL, SE
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
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10.1080/03610737808257124
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R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
For both male and female Sprague-Dawley albino rats, shock detection thresholds decreased as a function of age over a range of 90 to 660 days of age. Shock escape thresholds also were found to vary inversely with age. The findings are discussed in light of previous shock threshold experiments and in terms of implications for studies of age-related learning changes. © 1978 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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