IMBECU   20882
INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA Y BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL DE CUYO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Efectos del estrés neonatal crónico sobre la frustración
Autor/es:
RUETTI E.; GONZALEZ JATUFF A; TORRECILLA N.M.; PEREZ DALTO B.; JUSTEL N.
Lugar:
Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Jornada; XV Jornadas de Investigación de la Facultad de Psicología. Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Buenos Aires; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Resumen:
Mild neonatal stress has been proving effective stimulating physical and neurochemical development, reducing
behavioral and hormonal responsiveness to an aversive stimulus. In the present study adult male rats subjected
to neonatal chronic mild stress were exposed to two experimental situations related to frustrative nonreward:
consummatory successive negative contrast (cSNC) and consummatory extinction (cE). Stressed rats that had
access to a 32% sucrose solution and were then downshifted to a 4% solution exhibited a faster recovery from
cSNC (Experiment 1), and a faster cE when downshifted to an empty tube, relative to nonstressed control rats
(Experiment 2). These findings suggest that rats chronically exposed to neonatal mild stress quickly adjust their
behavior in stressful situations involving the surprising omission of an expected reward. These results are discussed
in relation to Amsel´s frustration theory