N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-dependent plasticity within a distributed corticostriatal network mediates appetitive instrumental learning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-98

  Baldwin, Anne E ^a   Holahan, Matthew R ^b   Sadeghian, Kenneth ^b   Kelley, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034054057     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.1.84     Document Type: Article

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