Behavior-relevant changes in nucleus accumbens dopamine transmission elicited by food reinforcement: An electrochemical study in rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 8160-8169

  Richardson, Nicole R ^a   Gratton, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

chronoamperometry; feeding behavior; incentive motivation; instrumental conditioning; mesolimbic dopamine; reward; voltammetry

Indexed keywords

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0029851576     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-08160.1996     Document Type: Article

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