The Effect of UDMH Injection on Complex Avoidance Behavior in the Java Monkey

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Title
The Effect of UDMH Injection on Complex Avoidance Behavior in the Java Monkey
Date
1963
Index Abstract
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Photo Quality
Not Needed
Report Number
AMRL TDR 63-39
Creator
Reynolds, Herbert H.
Rohles, Frederick H.
Carter, Vernon L.
Brunson, Henry W.
Prime, James R.
Corporate Author
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Laboratory
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
Extent
29
Identifier
AD0410933
Access Rights
OTS
Distribution Classification
1
Contract
Laboratory Research - No Contract
DoD Project
6302
DoD Task
630202
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence
None
Distribution Conflict
No
Cover Price
0.75
Abstract
Four java monkeys were injected with 30 mg/kg of 1,1- dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and their performance on a four-component operant schedule was compared with their performance under control conditions. In every instance where a performance decrement occurred (9 out of a possible 32), there was also associated clinical illness in the form of hyperactivity, nausea, vomiting, or lethargy. One subject showed no impairment following the two UDMH injections, while another subject exhibited an impairment on all four tasks during the second replication; this suggests the range of individual reactivity to UDMH exposure, and that repeated severe exposure may cause serious decrement of performance. From these data, one may expect clinical signs of illness after 2 to 3 hours, a performance decrement or change after 3 to 3-1/2 hours, and recovery to pre-exposure level of functioning between six and nine hours.
Report Availability
Full text available
Date Issued
1963-05
Provenance
RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine
Type
report
Format
1 online resource