The function of the pedunculopontine nucleus in the preparation and execution of an externally-cued bar pressing task in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 95-104

  Florio, Tiziana M ^a   Capozzo, A ^a   Puglielli, E ^a   Pupillo, R ^a   Pizzuti, G ^a   Scarnati, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Movement time; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Reaction time; Reward

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032853925     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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