Quantitative relations between avoidance behavior and pituitary-adrenal cortical activity.
The rate at which monkeys pressed a lever and avoided shocks was manipulated in several ways. Measurements were also made of their plasma levels of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids. The rate at which the animals pressed the lever and the frequency with which they received shocks were both implicated as determiners of the steroid levels.
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D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001519:Behavior; D007858:Learning; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000502:physiology*
ADRENAL CORTEX/physiology; BEHAVIOR; PITUITARY GLAND/physiology