Browsing by Author "Nation, Jack R."
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Rocha, Angelica (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Rationale: The rate of acquisition of drug self-administration may serve as a predictor of later drug-taking behavior, possibly influencing vulnerability to initiate drug use. Objectives: The present study examined the ...
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Ho, Dao Hong (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Relatively few studies have examined the effects of psychostimulants in obese subjects. Using the dietary obese rat model, the present experiments determined the reductions in food intake (hypophagia) and increases in ...
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Valles, Rodrigo, Jr. (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Rationale: Lead-exposure during developmental periods may alter reinforcing patterns of drugs of abuse in adulthood. Anxiety related mechanisms may also influence drug intake. Interactions between the two altering factors ...
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Grover, Cathy Ann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Forty adult male rats received one of the following diet (25 g/day) and weekly gastric intubation (2 ml) treatments over a 70 day period: Group Con--control diet and 10 intubations of distilled water; Group CPb--lead diet ...
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Bourg, Wendy June (1984)Adult rats were tested for step-down passive avoidance following exposure to either water contaminated with CoCl₂ (Group Co) or uncontaminated distilled water (Group X). Behavioral analysis included acquisition and retention ...
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Arasteh, Kamyar (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)This experiment was designed to assess the effect of dietary calcium supplementation on mood. The participants of the study were seventy-two male and female students. Using a double-blind procedure, they were administered ...
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Brown, Troy Edwin (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)The overall goal of this research was to establish whether parameters derived from heart rate (HR) variability could be utilized to characterize autonomic states. Specifically, to (1) identify those parameters, derived ...
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Jones, Stanton L.; Nation, Jack R. (1976)Immunization against learned helplessness has been found in dogs and rats; this study tested for the same effect in man. College students were divided into four groups; the helplessness control group received no immunization ...
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Horger, Brian Arthur (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)The present dissertation assessed the activating, reinforcing, and neurochemical responses to cocaine following amphetamine-, caffeine-, or nicotine-preexposure. Rats were given 9 daily injections of amphetamine (1.0 mg/kg, ...
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Kettleson, Kenneth Carl Angus (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)Two experiments were conducted to observe the association of dietary aluminum (Al) with tissue Al accumulation. Other objectives included: to determine if alginic acid (AA) and pectin (P) in the diet could inhibit Al ...