CONDITIONED INHIBITION OF WATER DIURESIS

Abstract

In the course of experiments on a dog to produce a conditioned water diuresis reflex, there developed a conditioned inhibition of the unconditioned response, characterized by an increase in the latent period of response to water ingestion, a decrease in the magnitude of the response, and finally a total lack of diuresis to water ingestion. A change of the environment of the animal and of the experimental procedure caused the diuresis to reappear.