title: Amphetamine does not affect the partial punishment effect (PPE).
abstract: The effects of amphetamine on the partial punishment effect (PPE) at one trial per day, were examined. Two groups of animals were trained to run in a straight alley. The continuously reinforced (CRF) group received food reward on every trial. The partially punished (PP) group received food reward on every trial but in addition, received footshocks of a gradually increasing intensity in the goal box on a random 50% of the trials. In the test stage, all animals received both food and footshock on each trial. dl-Amphetamine 1.5 mg/kg was administered in a 2 X 2 design, i.e. drug-no drug in training and drug-no drug in test. The partially punished animals exhibited increased persitence in running to the goal box during test, and this "partial punishment effect" was unaffected by amphetamine.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bercovitz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feldon
mesh_terms: D000661:Amphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D011678:Punishment; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000661:Amphetamine