In rats, oxytocin did not significantly affect food-reinforced conditioning, although performance tended to increase.
In plain wordsIn rats, oxytocin did not significantly change food-reinforced conditioning, although performance tended to increase.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- No significant changeFood-reinforced conditioning
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
food-reinforced classical conditioning- Outcome group
- Cognition and memory · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 150, 300 and 600 mU/kg · intraperitoneal · six daysAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
These same mU doses of OXT did not significantly affect the food-reinforced conditioning, although a consequent tendency towards increased performance (the opposite action to vasopressin) was observed.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The highest (600 mU/kg) dose of LVP inhibited acquisition, and all LVP doses tested (150, 300 and 600 mU/kg) facilitated the extinction of conditioned behaviour.
The effects of different doses of lysine vasopressin (LVP) and oxytocin (OXT) were studied on the six-day acquisition or extinction of a food-reinforced classical conditioning reflex (conditional stimulus: light) when intraperitoneal (ip.) injections were carried out 20 min prior to the behavioural sessions.