The effect of early handling on the sexually dimorphic rate of extinction of a conditioned taste aversion in rats
Male rats have been found to extinguish a conditioned taste aversion slower than females. It has also been found that female rats that have been "handled" (i.e., exposed to daily brief isolation from siblings and mother) during the preweaning period extinguish a taste aversion faster than...
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PDXScholar
1981
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3141 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4147&context=open_access_etds |