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Conditioned taste aversion induced by motion is prevented by selective vagotomy in the ratThe role of the vagus nerve in motion-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA) was studied in hooded rats. Animals with complete, selective gastric vagotomy failed to form conditioned taste aversion after multiple conditioning sessions in which the conditioned stimulus (a cider vinegar solution) was drunk immediately before a 30-min exposure to vertical axis rotation at 150 deg/s. Results are discussed with reference to the use of CTA as a measure of motion-induced 'sickness' or gastrointestinal disturbance, and because motion-induced CTA requires that both the vagus nerve and the vestibular apparatus be intact, in light of the possible convergence of vegal and vestibular functions.
Document ID
19940017435
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fox, Robert A.
(San Jose State Univ. CA., United States)
Mckenna, Susan
(San Jose State Univ. CA., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Self-Motion Perception and Motion Sickness
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
94N21908
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-1421
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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