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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
Wheel running reinforces the behavior that generates it and produces a preference for the context that follows it. The goal of the present study was to demonstrate both of these effects in the same animals. Twelve male Wistar rats were first exposed to a fixed-interval 30 s schedule of wheel-running reinforcement. The operant was lever-pressing and the reinforcer was the opportunity to run for 45 s. Following this phase, the method of place conditioning was used to test for a rewarding aftereffect following operant sessions. On alternating days, half the rats responded for wheel-running reinforcement while the other half remained in their home cage. Upon completion of the wheel-running reinforcement sessions, rats that ran and rats that remained in their home cages were placed into a chamber of a conditioned place preference (CPP) apparatus for 30 min. Each animal received six pairings of a distinctive context with wheel running and six pairings of a different context with their home cage. On the test day, animals were free to move between the chambers for 10 min. Results showed a conditioned place preference for the context associated with wheel running; however, time spent in the context associated with running was not related to wheel-running rate, lever-pressing rate, or post-reinforcement pause duration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0376-6357
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The reinforcing property and the rewarding aftereffect of wheel running in rats: a combination of two paradigms.
pubmed:affiliation
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada E4L 1C7. tbelke@mta.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't