ANALYSIS OF WATER AND NaCl SOLUTION ACCEPTANCE BY SCHEDULE-INDUCED POLYDIPSIA
Animals were trained on a VI 1-min schedule for food pellets, and concurrent water intake was measured. The polydipsia induced was analyzed in terms of the frequency distribution of post-pellet licking burst sizes and the trend of polydipsia throughout the session. An ascending series of NaCl soluti...
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Published in | Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 111 - 118 |
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Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.03.1966
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior |
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Summary: | Animals were trained on a VI 1-min schedule for food pellets, and concurrent water intake was measured. The polydipsia induced was analyzed in terms of the frequency distribution of post-pellet licking burst sizes and the trend of polydipsia throughout the session. An ascending series of NaCl solutions was presented consecutively over daily sessions and a typical NaCl acceptance-rejection intake function was generated. Beginning in the 0.9-1.2% NaCl range, the animals drank less often during the session but took larger drinks when they did drink. Neither the frequency of drinks nor the mean licking burst size were simply related to the volumes of NaCl solution consumed. The NaCl acceptance-rejection function cannot be explained in terms of water repletion factors alone. |
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Bibliography: | istex:A6C9278BBA1D488304223C815568F0597D56BBA3 This research was supported by United States Public Health Service Grant B3861, Atomic Energy Commission Contract AT(11-1)1201, and United Cerebral Palsy. Reprints may be obtained from the author, Department of Pathology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. ArticleID:JEAB3996 ark:/67375/WNG-P6RH227W-Z ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0022-5002 1938-3711 |
DOI: | 10.1901/jeab.1966.9-111 |