title: Context familiarity and delayed conditioned taste aversion in young-adult and old-age rats.
abstract: Familiarity with a conditioning context different from the home-cage environment was examined in immediate and delayed (3-hr.) conditioned taste aversion (CTA) learning for young-adult (90-120 days) and old-age (680-750 days) female Wistar albino rats. Context familiarity increased CTA for young adults at the 3-hr. delay. Old-age rats showed no aversion at 3-hr. delays. Results suggest that home-cage cues may be used in mediating long-delay CTA and that the role of these cues may differ with age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA 15904.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Hinderliter
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Misanin
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D005260:Female; D018021:Lithium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D051381:Rats; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D013649:Taste
chemical_list: D018021:Lithium Chloride