title: Learned helplessness in the gerbil?
abstract: Evidence of learned helplessness was demonstrated in Mongolian gerbils. Two consecutive days of jump-up escape were followed 24 hr later by testing in a bar-press escape task. Reliable differences occurred between escapable and inescapable animals and between inescapable and control animals.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004597:Electroshock; D004924:Escape Reaction; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male