Neural encoding in orbitofrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala during olfactory discrimination learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1876-1884

  Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a   Chiba, Andrea A ^b   Gallagher, Michela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basolateral amygdala; Discrimination learning; Electrophysiology; Learning and memory; Olfaction; Orbitofrontal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Rats; Single units

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033103761     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01876.1999     Document Type: Article

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