Pavlovian heart rate and jaw movement conditioning in the rabbit: Effects of medial prefrontal lesions

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-166

  McLaughlin, Joselyn ^a,b   Powell, D A ^a,b,c  

^a Dorn Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Appetititve conditioning; Cardiac somatic interactions; Limbic cortex; Prelimbic cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RABBIT;

EID: 0032765139     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3870     Document Type: Article

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