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2133041

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-5
pubmed:abstractText
Using a cross-modal association paradigm, rats were trained to associate a particular tunnel and response location with one of five different odorants (isoamyl acetate, propyl acetate, acetic acid, phenethyl alcohol, and anethole). Each of the five tunnels differed with respect to: 1) the illuminated pattern on the response key; 2) the brightness of the illuminated pattern; and 3) the somesthetic quality of the tunnel floor. Standard operant techniques were used to train trial initiating and sampling behavior at a central odorant presentation point. Following acquisition training, the animals were tested using a standard 5 X 5 confusion matrix design. The results showed for the first time that rats are capable of performing, with a high degree of accuracy, an odorant identification confusion matrix task analogous to humans. Furthermore, using multidimensional scaling techniques, these data represent the first instance in which the perceptual odor space of an animal can be determined. With the animal model in hand, we can begin to examine how, in the presence of neural dysfunction, one odorant may be correctly identified as another.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0031-9384
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1053-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
A method for establishing a five odorant identification confusion matrix task in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse 13210.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.