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To gain further information on the relationship between intermediary metabolism and acquisition, rats were trained in a two-trial avoidance task and sacrificed for chemical analysis. Rough quantitative measures of five acids of the tricarboxylic acid cycle were obtained. After the second trial, Ss were assigned to groups by their behavior: passive avoidance, approach, or active avoidance. Kruskal-Wallis analyses of variance indicated that differences in citrate and in succinate levels were reliable. It cannot be concluded that the results were associated with learning.
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This study was part of a dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Carleton University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree and was supported by funds from the Department of Psychology and by Grant PA 242 from the National Research Council to A. J. Ray, Jr.
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Sherman, A.D. Tricarboxylic acid cycle levels following avoidance acquisition by rats. Psychon Sci 22, 301–302 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335966
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335966