Insular cortex lesions and taste aversion learning: Effects of conditioning method and timing of lesion

Brain Research

Volumn 839, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Cubero, Inmaculada ^a   Thiele, Todd E ^a   Bernstein, Ilene L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Amygdala; Aversion conditioning; c Fos; Learning; Lithium chloride; Nucleus tractus solitarius

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONDITIONING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULA; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TASTE AVERSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DENERVATION; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SACCHARIN; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TASTE; TIME FACTORS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0033612895     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01745-X     Document Type: Article

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