Stimulus-related and movement-related single-unit activity in rabbit cingulate cortex and limbic thalamus during performance of discriminative avoidance behavior

Brain Research

Volumn 721, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 22-38

  Kubota, Yasuo ^a   Wolske, Martin ^a   Poremba, Amy ^a   Kang, Eunjoo ^a   Gabriel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance learning; Cingulate cortex; Discrimination; Limbic thalamus; Pre motor neuronal activity; Single unit activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029952262     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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