A further study on the effect of medial prefrontal ablation upon classical defensive conditoned relfexes in dogs.
In 8 dogs with removed medial prefrontal cortex, the positive and differential classically conditioned leg flexion responses and accompanying heart rate reactions were not changed or slightly reduced. In some animals a transient increase in cardiac responses to shock was also observed.
D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D004285:Dogs; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D009043:Motor Activity