Regional changes in brain catecholamine turnover in the rat during performance on fixed ratio and variable interval schedules of reinforcement

Brain Research

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 215-218

  Heffner, Thomas G ^a   Luttinger, Daniel ^a   Hartman, John A ^a   Seiden, Lewis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

brain catecholamines; operant behavior

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; METIROSINE; METIROSINE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PUTAMEN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019871046     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(81)90458-3     Document Type: Article

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