Abstract
Effects of diazepam were studied on behavioral suppression produced in pigs by conditioned suppression of an operant response using either an electric shock or a food reward, or by conditioned suppression of a consummatory response using an unavoidable electric shock. Behavioral suppression was consistently obtained in both experimental situations using an unavoidable electric shock. However a reliable prereward suppression was evidenced only by a limited number of pigs, 3 out of 8. Diazepam released behavior which was suppressed by unavoidable electric shock, but the effects were less clear-cut and more variable than in the usual punishment discrimination operant procedure previously used. Diazepam had no consistent effect on behaviorally suppressed pigs in the positive conditioned suppression paradigm.
| Translated title of the contribution | Effects of diazepam on conditioned suppression in pigs |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 405-414 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal de Pharmacologie |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1977 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology (medical)