Study findings from University of Nebraska, Department of Psychology provide new insights into brain research

A report, "Nicotine does not produce state-dependent effects on learning in a Pavlovian appetitive goal tracking task with rats," is newly published data in Behavioural Brain Research. "Past research has shown that when rats received 0.4mg base/kg nicotine paired reliably with intermittent sucrose delivery that anticipatory sucrose-seeking behavior (i.e., goal tracking) was differentially displayed in the nicotine state relative to intermixed saline sessions in which no sucrose was delivered. The present research extended this observation to a lower dose of nicotine (i.e., 0.2mg base/kg) and tested a state-dependent learning account of differential conditioned responding," scientists...

Want to see the full article?

• Purchase this article for only $3.00