PMID- 16187829 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060123 LR - 20061115 IS - 0735-7044 (Print) IS - 0735-7044 (Linking) VI - 119 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Aug TI - Temporally specific extinction of conditioned responses in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) nictitating membrane preparation. PG - 1011-22 AB - Extinguishing a conditioned response (CR) has entailed separating the conditioned stimulus (CS) from the unconditioned stimulus (US). This research reveals that elimination of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) nictitating membrane response occurred during continuous CS-US pairings. Initial training contained a mixture of 2 CS-US interstimulus intervals (ISIs): 200 ms and 1,200 ms. The CRs showed double peaks, one for each ISI. When 1 ISI was removed, its CR peak showed the hallmarks of extinction: a decline across sessions, spontaneous recovery between sessions, and rapid reacquisition when the absent ISI was reintroduced. These results support real-time models of conditioning that segment the CS into microstimuli while challenging theories that rely on contextual control, US representations, CS processing, and response inhibition. CI - (c) 2005 APA FAU - Kehoe, E James AU - Kehoe EJ AD - School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. j.kehoe@unsw.edu.au FAU - Joscelyne, A AU - Joscelyne A LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Behav Neurosci JT - Behavioral neuroscience JID - 8302411 SB - IM MH - Adaptation, Physiological/physiology MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Behavior, Animal MH - Conditioning, Classical/*physiology MH - Extinction, Psychological/*physiology MH - Female MH - Nictitating Membrane/*physiology MH - Rabbits MH - Random Allocation MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2005/09/29 09:00 MHDA- 2006/01/24 09:00 CRDT- 2005/09/29 09:00 PHST- 2005/09/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/01/24 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/09/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - 2005-11024-016 [pii] AID - 10.1037/0735-7044.119.4.1011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Behav Neurosci. 2005 Aug;119(4):1011-22. doi: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.4.1011.