Methods Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
Self-administration/Breakpoint (operant conditioning)
A
testing reinforcing properties of drugs
at some point rats will stop working for a drug (breakpoint)
2
Q
elevated plus maze (open/closed arms)
A
anxiety test
3
Q
open field
A
anxiety and locomotion test
4
Q
drug discrimination
A
test internalization of drug state
5
Q
classical fear conditioning (interceptive and exteroceptive cues; Bouton)
A
test learning and memory/fear memory
Fear returns when tested outside of extinction environment
6
Q
intracranial self stimulation
A
test neural circuitry involved in reward
7
Q
conditioned place preference
A
test reinforcing properties of drugs
8
Q
forced swim test
A
test depression-like behavior
9
Q
tail suspension test
A
test depression-like behavior
10
Q
learned helplessness
A
test depression-like behavior
