Cholinergic activation in frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens related to basic behavioral manipulations: Handling, and the role of post-handling experience

Brain Research

Volumn 812, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-132

  Thiel, C M ^a   Huston, J P ^a   Schwarting, R K W ^a  

^a Ctr Biol Med Res   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arousal; Attention; Aversion; Exploration; In vivo microdialysis; Learning; Novelty; Open field; Rat; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032561723     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00961-5     Document Type: Article

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