Orbitofrontal cortex and representation of incentive value in associative learning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 6610-6614

  Gallagher, Michela ^a   McMahan, Robert W ^a   Schoenbaum, Geoffrey ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agranular insular; Associative learning; Devaluation; Goal neglect; Orbitofrontal; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE AVERSION;

EID: 0033179417     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-15-06610.1999     Document Type: Article

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