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. 1988 Jan-Mar;23(1):29-34.
doi: 10.1007/BF02910542.

A rapid and sensitive method for measuring the conditional emotional response. II: On-the-baseline excitatory conditioning and extinction

W J Jacobs  1 , M Buttrick, D Kennedy
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A rapid and sensitive method for measuring the conditional emotional response. II: On-the-baseline excitatory conditioning and extinction

W J Jacobs et al. Pavlov J Biol Sci. 1988 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

The present study outlines a rapid and sensitive on-the-baseline conditional emotional response (CER) procedure. Using rats as the experimental subject, the method detects delay conditioning, incubation, extinction and spontaneous recovery. In addition, the method detects conditional responding using electric shock ranging from 0.23 to 0.50 mA as the unconditional stimulus. Because of its speed and sensitivity, the method shelters the subject from unnecessary long-term deprivation and pain.

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