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The effect of wheel running on the level and temporal distribution of schedule-induced polydipsia was examined in 12 food-deprived rats given one food pellet per minute for 1 h. For all rats, wheel running decreased the level of Polydipsie intake. It also decreased licking in all six of the 10-sec postpellet intervals except the first. The degree of reduction in licking was a U-shaped function of the 10-sec postpellet intervals and was generally inversely related to the temporal distribution of running. The temporal distribution data are partially consistent with a temporal competition view of the interactions between schedule-induced polydipsia and wheel running
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This research was supported in part by funds from National Science Foundation Grant No. BNS-8406445 and a Reassignment of Duties Leave awarded by the College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Wetherington, C.L., Riley, A.L. Schedule-induced polydipsia: Interactions with wheel running. Animal Learning & Behavior 14, 416–420 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03200088
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