Behavioral measures of conduction velocity and refractory period for reward-relevant axons in the anterior LH and VTA

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 643-652

  Murray, Beverley ^a,b   Shizgal, Peter ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision test; Medial forebrain bundle; Rat; Self stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SELF STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0029962357     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)80249-6     Document Type: Article

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