Effects of a Contingent and Noncontingent Shock-Induced Stress Odors on a Runway Response in Rats
Abstract
Rats were trained to asymptotic running speed in a straight runway and were then given pretraining with either escapable shock, inescapable shock, or no shock. Subjects were then tested in the runway in the presence of odors from donor rats receiving escapable, inescapable, or no shock. It was suggested on the basis of the results and previous research that inescapable shock stress odor may serve as a conditioned alarm or arousal cue, while escapable shock stress odor may serve as an unconditioned alarm pheromone with highly specific communicative content.
Description
Program year: 1976-1977Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Citation
Swygert, Thomas H. (1977). Effects of a Contingent and Noncontingent Shock-Induced Stress Odors on a Runway Response in Rats. University Undergraduate Fellows. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -SwygertT _1977.