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Two rats that were reinforced with food for spacing their water licks at least 20 sec apart showed a licking pattern that alternated irregularly between low-rate (operant) licking and high-rate (polydipsic) licking. Intraperitoneal administration of 2 mg/kg of d,1-amphetamine sulfate just before a session caused the spaced, operant licking to increase in rate while at the same time the high-rate, polydipsic licking bursts decreased in duration and regularity.
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1. Supported by Grants NSF GB 1605, NSF GB 5777, and NIMH 8505.
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Segal, E.F., Oden, D.L. Concurrent facilitation of food-reinforced, spaced licking and depression of schedule-induced, polydipsic licking by amphetamine. Psychon Sci 10, 155–156 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331457
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