title: Effects of feeding on conditioned avoidance responses in rats.
abstract: Possible effects of feeding on learning were studied by comparing learned avoidance rates among three groups of Wistar rats that were given a diet at 1 h (1-h pretest group) and 5 h (5-h pretest group) before and immediately after (post-test group) the conditioned avoidance test. Learned avoidance rates during eight test sessions were higher in the order of the 1-h pretest, post-test, and 5-h pretest groups. This suggests that both pre- and post-test (training) feeding facilitates acquisition of conditioned avoidance learning presumably based on neurohumoral processes influenced by available glucose concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Physiology, Asahi University School of Dentistry, Hozumi, Motosu, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar