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Pavlovian Conditioned Approach Training in Rats
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Behavior
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JoVE Journal Behavior
Pavlovian Conditioned Approach Training in Rats
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06:57 min

February 04, 2016

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  • 00:05Title
  • 00:45Operant Conditioning Box Set Up
  • 02:05Acclimating the Subjects
  • 02:59Pre-training and PCA Training
  • 05:24Results: Phenotyping Sprague Dawley Rats with PCA Training
  • 06:35Conclusion

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Here, we present a protocol to elicit Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior in rats. This procedure can be used to measure individual differences in the tendency to approach and attribute incentive salience to reward-related cues and investigate addiction vulnerability.

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