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The effects of maternal nicotine absorption or hypoxic episodes upon appetitive behavior of rat offspring
✍ Scribed by Dr. Joan C. Martin; R. F. Becker
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 779 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1630
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✦ Synopsis
Offspring of rats which had received either daily nicotine injections or hypoxic episodes throughout gestation were tested at adulthood on various appetitive schedules in a double-bar Foringer chamber. The hypoxic offspring and the offspring whose mothers had received nicotine throughout gestation and the nursing period performed more poorly on fixed-ratio, variable interval discrimination, and discrimination reversal schedules. Possible explanatory hypotheses are discussed. fetus neonate nicotine hypoxia appetitive schedules laboratory rat