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Science 29 April 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4289, pp. 551 - 553
DOI: 10.1126/science.850800
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Science, Vol 196, Issue 4289, 551-553
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Classical conditioning with auditory discrimination of the eye blink in decerebrate cats

RJ Norman, JS Buchwald, and Villablanca JR

Cats were subjected to complete lower brainstem transection, and were then tested for learning ability according to a classical conditioning paradigm. An auditory stimulus was systematically paired with a brief shock to the eyelid. Within a few weeks after the operation, the decerebrate cats could learn the conditioned response with a tone frequency discrimination and then a discrimination reversal. Our results support the notion that the brainstem reticular formation can support a conditioned response which isbehaviorally similar to that obtained in the intact animal.


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