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Detour learning in the chick: Effect of reserpine administered during embryonic development
Author(s) -
Sparber S. B.,
Shideman F. E.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420020203
Subject(s) - reserpine , brainstem , catecholamine , incubation , endocrinology , embryogenesis , medicine , biology , embryo , psychology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry
Chicks hatched from eggs injected with reserpine prior to incubation showed impaired performance in detour learning between 7 and 17 days of age, although locomotor activity and brainstem catecholamine levels were not significantly different from controls at 18 days. Day‐old chicks injected with the same amount of drug showed no significant depletion of brainstem catecholamines 7 days later, supporting the possibility that behavioral effects were due to exposure to the drug during embryogenesis.