Instrumental conditioning of large-magnitude, daily, 12-hour blood pressure elevations in the baboon.
Blood pressure and heart rate were monitored continuously in four baboons during extended exposure to a daily 12-hour conditioning procedure providing food and shock-avoidance as contingent consequences of prespecified increases in diastolic blood pressure. Sustained and significant increases (30 to 40 mm-Hg) in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure were maintained throughout the daily 12-hour conditioning sessions, accompanied by elevated heart rates.
D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D000882:Haplorhini; D006339:Heart Rate; D010215:Papio; D010507:Periodicity; D012201:Reward