NMDA-induced lesions of the nucleus accumbens or the ventral pallidum increase the rewarding efficacy of food to deprived rats

Brain Research

Volumn 722, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Johnson, Patricia I ^a,b   Parente, Mary Ann ^a   Stellar, James R ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

core; excitotoxin; R(max) motor activity; Re50; response reinforcement; shell; subregion

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030008673     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00202-8     Document Type: Article

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