Ribonucleic Acid: Effect on Conditioned Behavior in Rats
- 19 July 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3577), 268-269
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3577.268
Abstract
Acquisition of a behavioral response motivated by shock was enhanced in rats chronically treated with yeast ribonucleic acid, and resistance to extinction was greater in rats so treated than in controls. This extends the role of ribonucleic acid to include a behavioral effect in laboratory mammals treated with a purified preparation from yeast.Keywords
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