Dissociation in effects of lesions of the nucleus accumbens core and shell on appetitive Pavlovian approach behavior and the potentiation of conditioned reinforcement and locomotor activity by D-amphetamine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2401-2411

  Parkinson, John A ^a   Olmstead, Mary C ^b   Burns, Lindsay H ^c   Robbins, Trevor W ^a   Everitt, Barry J ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Neurex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Dopamine; Drugs of abuse; Psychomotor stimulant; Reward; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ABUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0033560090     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02401.1999     Document Type: Article

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