Electrophysiological evidence that a subset of midbrain dopamine neurons integrate the reward signal induced by electrical stimulation of the posterior mesencephalon

Brain Research

Volumn 786, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Moisan, Jessé ^a   Rompré, Pierre Paul ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche Hopital Du Sacre Coeur de Montreal   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Mesencephalon; Reward; Single unit; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032498953     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01457-1     Document Type: Article

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