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  • Title: High doses of vasopressin delay the onset of extinction and strengthen acquisition of LiCl-induced conditioned taste avoidance.
    Author: Hayes UL, Chambers KC.
    Journal: Physiol Behav; 2005 Mar 31; 84(4):625-33. PubMed ID: 15811398.
    Abstract:
    When low doses of vasopressin are given 50 min after pairing sucrose consumption with a high dose of LiCl, extinction of the LiCl-induced conditioned taste avoidance is accelerated. These low doses of vasopressin do not themselves induce conditioned taste avoidance when paired with sucrose consumption. Predicated on previous studies administering two avoidance-inducing agents after sucrose consumption, studies were designed to determine whether high doses of vasopressin capable of inducing conditioned taste avoidance would (1) delay rather than accelerate extinction of a conditioned taste avoidance induced by a high dose of LiCl and (2) strengthen acquisition of a conditioned taste avoidance induced by a low dose of LiCl. The results of three studies showed that doses of 9 and 18 microg/kg of vasopressin induced a conditioned taste avoidance when injected 50 min after sucrose consumption, delayed the onset of extinction when injected 50 min after pairing sucrose consumption with a high dose of LiCl, and strengthened acquisition of a conditioned taste avoidance when injected 50 min after pairing sucrose consumption with a low dose of LiCl. Taken together, these data suggest that the delay in onset of extinction is due to a strengthening of acquisition. It has been suggested that vasopressin is a mnemonic neuropeptide that delays extinction of learned tasks. However, for conditioned taste avoidance, the evidence for the effects of low doses of vasopressin on extinction do not support this hypothesis and the evidence for high doses of vasopressin can be accounted for by the avoidance-inducing properties of vasopressin.
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