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Science 16 July 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 3993, pp. 262 - 264
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.3993.262
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Habituation of Electrically Induced Readiness to Gnaw

Roy E. Cain 1, Christian P. Skriver 1, and Richard H. Carlson 1

1 Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409

Electrical stimulation of the hypothalamus in prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) produced a readiness to gnaw which decreased over time, exhibited spontaneous recovery, and could be dishabituated by foot shock. The response decrement was in part habituatory and could modify the interaction between a stimulation-induced readiness to gnaw and a physiologically induced hunger. Functional plasticity of stimulation-induced behavior might be accounted for, in part, by habituation.

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