Evidence for Spinal Conditioning in Intact Rats

@article{Joynes1997EvidenceFS,
  title={Evidence for Spinal Conditioning in Intact Rats},
  author={R. Joynes and Paul A. Illich and James W. Grau},
  journal={Neurobiology of Learning and Memory},
  year={1997},
  volume={67},
  pages={64-68}
}
Prior work suggests that spinal systems are sensitive to the stimulus relationships that underlie Pavlovian conditioning. We studied this phenomenon in Sprague-Dawley rats by pairing a vibrotactile conditioned stimulus (CS) with a tailshock unconditioned stimulus (US). Experiment 1 showed that spinal rats exhibit differential conditioning, having longer tail-flick latencies on the tail-flick test during a CS that was paired with the US (conditioned antinociception). Experiment 2 showed that… 
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