Studies on avoidance of contaminants by aquatic organisms verified that such behavior may have crucial ecological implications. Yet, avoidance tests have not been considered in ecological risk assessments. This study aimed at developing a short-term test with Daphnia magna Straus based on avoidance of pulp mill effluents and at comparing its sensitivity to the standard 21 d D. magna reproductio...

According to a recent extension of the conflict-monitoring theory, conflict between two competing response tendencies is registered as an aversive event and triggers a motivation to avoid the source of conflict. In the present study, we tested this assumption. Over five experiments, we examined whether conflict is associated with an avoidance motivation and whether stimulus conflict or response...

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between tax avoidance and firm value with an emphasis on agency cost and disclosure quality of firms listed in tehran stock exchange. the sample of this study consists of 68 firms for the period 2004 to 2015.this study is applied in purpose and correlation- descriptive in method. in this study to test the hypotheses, multivariate linear r...

abstract: introduction: nitric oxide (no) is a retrograde messenger in hippocampal synaptic plasticity which involves in learning and memory processes. previous studies revealed that hippocampal pyramidal cells contain no synthase (nos) enzyme which produce no and could be a promising target to evaluate the role of no in brain cognitive functions. so in this study, using nos inhibitor (l-name),...

introduction: learning and memory deficits in some diseases are new subjects of research. bupropion, as dopamine and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor and an antidepressant agent, has been previously shown to affect learning and memory processes. this study was designed to test the effect of intra-hippocompal bupropion injection on active avoidance learning task in rats. methods: adult male wist...

Negative transfer from active to passive avoidance training. was evident 24 h after active avoidance acquisition in hypox, adx, and sham-operated rats injected with ACTH, corticosterone, or saline prior to 24-h test. No transfer was observed in control rats or in hypox, adx, or sham rats given corticosterone or saline 211z h after active avoidance training. However, hypox, adx, or sham-operated...

The possibility of the presence of inter-individual emotional differences and the memory performance of rats was examined in the elevated T-maze. Two kinds of aversively motivated behaviors, inhibitory avoidance and escape learning, were measured. Based on the number of trials to achieve a learning criterion, rats were divided into two subgroups with either low or high avoidance reactivity (LAR...

Several researchers have hypothesized that shade avoidance behaviour is favoured by natural selection because it increases the fitness of individuals. Shade avoidance can be disadvantageous for crops, however, because it reduces allocation of resources to reproductive yield, increases the risk of lodging and reduces weed suppression. One approach to develop varieties with reduced shade avoidanc...

The effect of a 3-h Sidman avoidance operant conditioning schedule (liver pressing to avoid an electric shock) on plasma renin activity and renin substrate concentration was examined in baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Plasma samples were drawn over a 24-h period on both the control and test days, and the avoidance session was presented on the morning of the test day. Plasma renin activity was sig...