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Conditioned taste aversion: a database
Anthony L Riley1, Kevin B Freeman
1Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20016, USA. alriley@american.edu
Abstract:
The present commentary describes the availability of a database on conditioned taste aversion learning, the avoidance of fluids and foods previously associated with the aversive effects of a variety of drugs. The database includes articles as early as 1955 by Garcia and his colleagues [Science 122 (1955) 127] (reporting such avoidance in rats) and papers just published given that the database is ongoing and constantly updated. At the printing of this announcement, approximately 2600 papers are included in the database. The database allows the user to search for articles by author(s), key word(s), date, title and journal. These terms can be used as single entries or multiple combinations. Finally, the full database can be viewed by performing the search function without entering any terms in the query window. The database can be accessed at http://www.CTALearning.com.
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