Operant performance and cortical acetylcholine release: Role of response rate, reward density, and non-contingent stimuli

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-36

  Himmelheber, Anne Marie ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a   Bruno, John P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Cortex; Microdialysis; Operant performance; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACCURACY; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; REWARD;

EID: 0030750977     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(97)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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