title: Acquisition of lithium chloride- and radiation-induced taste aversions in hypophysectomized rats.
abstract: The effects of hypophysectomy on the acquisition of conditioned taste aversions following injection of lithium chloride and following exposure to ionizing radiation were studied using a two-bottle preference test. Hypophysectomy did not disrupt the acquisition of a taste aversion following either treatment. The results are interpreted as: (a) suggesting that pituitary/adrenal hormones do not mediate the acquisition of a conditioned taste aversion following injections of lithium chloride or following exposure to ionizing radiation in a two-bottle preference test, and (b) consistent with other research suggesting that the involvement of pituitary/adrenal hormones in taste aversion learning may be related to the conflict induced by using a one-bottle test and not to the learning itself.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000506:poisoning; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000502:physiology*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D008094:Lithium / Q000506:poisoning; D018021:Lithium Chloride; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D008094:Lithium; D018021:Lithium Chloride