Mesencephalic substrate of reward: Axonal connections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3511-3520

  Boye, Sandra M ^a   Rompré, Pierre Paul ^b  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

collision; posterior mesencephalon; refractory periods; reward; self stimulation; ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0029881872     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03511.1996     Document Type: Article

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