THE ROLE OF THE PINEAL-GLAND IN FORMATION OF TIME-CONDITIONED REACTIONS IN RATS

Authors
ARUSHANYAN EB VODOLAZHSKAYA MG
Citation
Eb. Arushanyan et Mg. Vodolazhskaya, THE ROLE OF THE PINEAL-GLAND IN FORMATION OF TIME-CONDITIONED REACTIONS IN RATS, Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova, 48(1), 1998, pp. 54-59
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Neurosciences
Journal title
Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444677
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
54 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4677(1998)48:1<54:TROTPI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Pinealectomy impeded formation of time-conditioned reflex in the mode of fixed intervals. This was accompanied by a shortening of reaction l atency and runs as well as by an increase in the number of intertrial responses. On the contrary, melatonin injection (0.1 mg/kg) facilitate d conditioning by restricting the locomotion. It is suggested that pin eal compounds have specific chronotropic properties.